The Brief
- Photos obtained by KTVU show minor damage to both the silver Jeep Cherokee driven by San Leandro’s police chief and the black Chevrolet Suburban driven by a mother on her way home with her family.
- The CHP determined that the chief was at fault for clipping another car’s side mirror, but not guilty of a crime.
- The DA thought otherwise, charging chief Angela Averiett, with misdemeanor hit-and-run.
DUBLIN, Calif. – Photos obtained by KTVU show minor damage to both the silver Jeep Cherokee driven by San Leandro’s police chief and the black Chevrolet Suburban driven by a mother on her way home with her family after a Giants game last spring that resulted in a hit-and-run charge filed against the chief, as well as the city placing her on administrative leave.
Chief at fault, but not guilty of hit-and-run
Dig deeper:
The 14-page California Highway Patrol report from May 19, 2025, obtained through a Public Records Request, ultimately concludes that Angela Averiett, who is San Leandro’s police chief, was at fault for clipping the side mirror of a Chevrolet driven by Daffani Ryan of Modesto on Interstate Highway 580 south of San Ramon Road near Dublin.
The CHP report noted that Averiett’s Jeep was driving faster than Ryan’s and veered from the center median, making an “unsafe turning movement” and her passenger side mirror clipped the driver’s side mirror on Ryan’s Chevrolet.
But even so, the CHP decided not to cite the chief after she told officers she didn’t realize she had hit anything as she was experiencing chest pain – which she reiterated at a news conference last week, just before she was put on leave.…