Ricky Salas Jr.
Name: Ricky Salas Jr.
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 01/23/2007
Location: N Linden Rd & W Farrand Rd
Clio, Michigan, 48420
County: Genesee
Agency: Flint Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Bryan J. Abbott reportedly struck Ricky Salas Jr. as Salas was walking on Farrand Road around 3:30 a.m. Abbott's friend, officer Mitchel D. Manwell, was in another car and saw Salas seconds before he was hit, Manwell told Abbott to leave the scene, witnesses said. Manwell, 23, was reportedly a probationary FPD officer. He was fired after Salas' death. Abbott was sentenced to 5 years' probation, a year in jail and 6 months on electronic tether for his plea to leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death. Manwell was initially charged with two felonies—failure to stop at the scene of an accident causing death and accessory after the fact. In a plea agreement, the first charge was amended to a misdemeanor and the second charge was dropped. As part of Manwell's plea agreement, he also gave up state certification as a police officer and agreed not to seek employment as an officer.
Unique ID: 21142
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