FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Fort Wayne police detective Brent Roddy received a one year suspended sentence Monday for a drunken driving crash that happened in the early morning hours of Easter Sunday.

Roddy pleaded guilty earlier this month in Allen Superior Court to three misdemeanor charges – operating while intoxicated, reckless driving causing injury and leaving the scene of an accident. An additional charge of operating while intoxicated was dropped as part of the plea.

Brent A. Roddy

Roddy was the driver of a vehicle that veered off Rothman Road around 1 a.m. Sunday, Mar. 27, near a curve at Denise Drive. The SUV hit a sign, utility pole, and a phone junction box before it came to rest in a yard.

When police arrived, they found Roddy’s crumpled vehicle, but he was not inside. Authorities said they found him about a mile away from the crash with a blood alcohol level of .21 percent, nearly three times the legal limit.

Roddy was taken to a hospital with injuries from the crash and released days later. He was arrested April 5 and formally charged.

Roddy was also placed on paid administrative leave, but the city’s Board of Public Safety voted days later not to pay him while on suspension. The future of his employment with the Police Department is now in the hands of the Board of Public Safety.

In addition to the one year suspended sentence, Roddy’s driver’s license was suspended for 90 days, 45 of which have already been served. He was also fined $50.