Man gets 10 years in prison for drunken crash that seriously injured a Sugar Land police officer

SUGARLAND, Texas – A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for a crash that seriously injured a Sugar Land police officer in 2022.

Julian Requena was sentenced by Judge Surendran Pattel for the crash that seriously injured officer Ruben Munoz, who was 25 years old at the time.

Requena was found to be intoxicated during the crash and was charged with two counts of DUI.

The crash occurred on March 20, 2022, around 2 a.m. Officer Munoz was responding to a single-vehicle accident on US-59 near Highway 90 and was using his patrol car to block traffic when he was struck.

Munoz was trapped in his patrol vehicle and unconscious. SLPD Officers Daniel Barbarick and Demarcus Mitchell witnessed the crash, pried open the back door of Munoz’s patrol vehicle and took him to the HOV lane, with the help of two Good Samaritans. The officers performed CPR until paramedics arrived on scene.

Officer Munoz underwent numerous surgeries during his recovery and is back on duty.