Page 2 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, JUly 24, 2026 ABCC | FROM PAGE 1 its hearing, the Saugus Board of Selectmen – which acts as the town liquor licensing authority – will conduct its own hearing in the case. “The Board is in communication with the ABCC and working collaboratively in this matter,” Board of Selectmen Chair Debra Panetta told The Saugus Advocate this week. “The ABCC still has an active investigation and will continue to work with us once their investigation is complete. Once the ABCC completes their investigation, the Board can take appropriate action on this matter,” Panetta said. She added that the ABCC requested that selectmen not speak on issues related to Tribu until after the commission’s hearing. “I am taking my direction from the ABCC,” Panetta said. “I will call my contact after the hearing for next steps. I have been following this closely, and have been in close communication with the ABCC,” she said. Board of Selectmen Vice Chair Anthony Cogliano stressed that selectmen need to review the ABCC findings before making a decision. “I think it’s important for all of State Police Trooper Kevin Trainor was killed on May 6 while responding to a wrong-way driver headed south in the northbound lane of Route 1 in Lynnfield. (Courtesy Photo) “WE’RE STILL HERE!” Since 1947 MALDEN AUTO BODY Book online: Maldenauto.com 49 Robin St., Everett, MA 617-389-3030 * Maldenab@yahoo.com Over 79 years of exceptional service! Massone Family Owned & Operated us to know the facts before we comment on the incident,” Cogliano said. “I know the ABCC is conducting an investigation and I look forward to hearing what they have to say and if they are offering a recommendation to the Town for us to proceed,” he said. The investigation into the fatal crash was spearheaded by the Essex County State Police Detective Unit attached to the District Attorney’s Office. The State Police’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section (C.A.R.S.), the State Police Crime Scene Services, the State Police Technical Services Unit, the MassDOT Safety Inspectors, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) and the Lynnfield and Saugus Police Departments also assisted. “In summary, the investigation revealed the following: Marrero began his evening at a restaurant in Waltham where he purchased food and was provided one complimentary drink; his tab closed out at 7:42 P.M.,” according to the district attorney’s report. “He then traveled to Tribu Mexican Kitchen and Bar (“Tribu”) on Rte. 1 North in Saugus, approximately a 35-minute drive from the Waltham restaurant. He sat down at the bar at 9:15 P.M. and was served a margarita at 9:20 P.M.; he made a social media posting of a margarita at Tribu with the caption ‘Second stop!!!.’ Between 9:20 P.M. and 12:53 A.M., he was served a total of nine alcoholic drinks at Tribu.” At 1:56 A.M, Marrero departed the Tribu parking lot in his 2018 Jeep Wrangler and headed north on Rte. 1 in the northbound lane for approximately 2.3 miles. At 2:01 A.M., his vehicle entered the Rte. 1 “jughandle” next to Santarpio’s Pizza in Peabody, which enables drivers to reverse direction onto Rte. 1 South, according to the report. There are clear, visible, unobstructed and undamaged signs on both sides of the road directing motorists not to enter Route 1 North from the jughandle. MassDOT traffic camera footage shows the Jeep enter the jughandle, graze a guardrail on the right, run a red light, take too sharp a left turn and reenter the northbound lane traveling southbound. “The Jeep traveled 1.8 miles southbound in the northbound lane. At the Salem Street overpass, the Jeep passed a northbound EZ Disposal truck equipped with dash cam video, which shows the Jeep pass at 2:02:39 A.M.,” the report noted. The truck driver called 911. A Trooper ABCC | SEE PAGE 3
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