Ricky Salas Jr.

Vehic/Purs

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.