Dukes of Hazzard’s John Schneider Released from Jail — Hours After 3-Day Sentencing Began

John Schneider‘s jail time is over –– just hours after it began.

The Dukes of Hazzard star was arrested at 10:24 a.m. on Tuesday and was booked into the L.A. County Jail at 10:29 a.m., PEOPLE confirms. But thanks to California’s overcrowded prison system, he was released hours later at 3:46 p.m.

Schneider, who famously played Bo Duke on The Dukes of Hazzard (1979-85), was sentenced to three days in the Los Angeles County Jail on Monday for not paying over $150,000 in delinquent alimony due to his estranged wife, Elvira “Elly” Schneider, by…