2013 DUI arrest mugshot of Linden officer Pedro Abad
A Linden police officer with a history of driving "under the influence"—and more recently, a car crash that killed two people, including another officer, where his blood alcohol was
THREE TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT—still has a
driver's license.
He has two prior DUI arrests and was the driver in the alleged drunk-driving crash last March in Staten Island that killed two people, but city police Officer Pedro Abad still has a valid driver's license and can get behind the wheel of a car.
Abad's New Jersey driver's license is currently valid, with no points pending against it and no indication of the crash on his driving record, according to state Motor Vehicle Commission records.
One of the problems is that Abed never received a ticket for the crash where he was driving the wrong way, drunk, after going to a strip club with other officers. The one where
two people were killed. From April:
An official from the Staten Island District Attorney's office confirmed Monday morning that the off-duty Linden cop who drove the wrong way on a Staten Island highway, crashing and killing two passengers, had a blood alcohol level three times the legal limit.
On Friday, NBC reported that unnamed sources told them Pedro Abad, 27, had a BAC of .24 percent; the legal limit is .08.
The fact that he's even allowed to be in a car, let alone drive it, is incomprehensible.
Abad, a six-year veteran of the department currently earning a base salary of $92,416, was in a total of 8 accidents prior to the wrong-way crash, including two where he was charged with drunk driving.
NJ Advance Media uncovered that Abad was previously charged with DUI in crashes in 2011 and 2013, and was caught on a police dashcam unable to complete a sobriety test in the 2013 incident. The 2011 charges were dismissed when evidence was not turned over to Abad's lawyer.
This guy should be in jail and in treatment. He has no business being allowed to have a driver's license.