A 16-year-old was incarcerated in San Francisco County Jail for almost three weeks after he allegedly gave a false name and birthday to law enforcement. The city took 20 days to verify that the defendant is a minor despite being alerted to the possibility almost immediately after the boy’s arrest.
In August, the defendant — whom Mission Local is not naming because he is a minor — was booked into jail for allegedly transporting and possessing a controlled substance for sale. According to booking logs, the defendant, a monolingual Spanish speaker, was 21 years old.
District Attorney Brooke Jenkins charged that defendant with multiple serious felony counts of narcotics sales-related charges. At the time, the DA stated that he was 20 years old…