‘It’s Shocking’: DA Criticizes Sentence for Drunken Driver in Fatal Crash

A drunken driver who admitted to killing a Santa Ynez woman and injuring another person in a 2025 crash was sentenced last week to probation and less than a year of jail time, a sentence the Santa Barbara County district attorney called “shocking” and unusual for a DUI case that resulted in someone’s death.

Katelyn Fultz, 29, of Santa Barbara was driving on Highway 154 on May 1, 2025, when her vehicle crossed the double yellow lines into oncoming traffic.

She slammed into a sedan with two people in it, according to the California Highway Patrol…

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