Drunk Nanny Crashes her Boss's Car at Almost DOUBLE the Limit

On August 7, 2025 around 8:48 PM, Officers Colin Scanlon and Anthony Buccino with the Westfield Police Department were on patrol and headed southbound on Central Avenue in the area of Oxford Terrace. They heard an unknown vehicle traveling northbound on Central Avenue collide with a parked vehicle’s driver side mirror. They immediately made a U-turn and observed a parked 2017 Nissan Rogue with a damaged mirror on the driver side. As they continued heading northbound, they eventually observed a white 2015 Honda Pilot.

The driver headed over to the area of West Grove Street and Carleton Road before she pulled over. They observed the driver exit her vehicle, and she appeared to be stumbling as she attempted to straighten her passenger side mirror. They initiated contact with the driver to investigate further, and she was identified as 23-year-old Abigail Moreno.

The officers observed damages to her passenger side mirror, and detected a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from her breath. Abigail told the officers that she was headed back home and denied consuming any alcohol earlier that evening. She even claimed that she had been sober for 6 months. Officer Bace located the victim vehicle and made contact with the owner of the Nissan Rogue as they were investigating.

Based on the officer’s suspicions of impairment, Abigail was asked to perform field sobriety exercises. Following the field sobriety exercises, Abigail was placed under arrest for operating under the influence. A search of her vehicle incident to arrest yielded the presence of an alcoholic beverage inside a metal bottle. Her vehicle was impounded by for a mandatory 12-hour hold under John’s Law.

Abigail was initially transported to the Westfield for further processing. Officer Martinez read her the Standard Statement for Motor Vehicle Operators, and she agreed to submit breath samples. Since the machine was not functional in Westfield, she had to be transported to the Union County Police Department for the administration of the breath test. Her Alcotest results indicated a BAC level of 0.15%, which was nearly double the legal limit of 0.08%.

Once they finished processing her, Abigail was eventually released to a sober adult pending her court appearance after she signed the Potential Liability Warning form on Abigail’s behalf.

Abigail was issued the following citations:

-Operating under the influence (39:4-50)

-Reckless driving (39:4-97)

-Careless driving (39:4-97)

-Traffic on marked lanes (39:4-88)

-Failure to report an accident (39:4-130)

-Leaving the scene of an accident (39:4-129D)

-Maintenance of lamps (39:3-66)

-Open container (19:4-51B)

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