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San Leandro chief of police charged with hit-and-run
San Leandros Chief of Police Angela Averiett has been charged with hit-and-run by the Alameda County district attorney for allegedly taking off after clipping a womans car while driving an unmarked Jeep with police lights in May of 2025.
SAN LEANDRO, Calif. - San Leandro's chief of police has been charged by the Alameda County district attorney with hit-and-run for an incident from May 2025, KTVU has learned.
San Leandro Police Chief Angela Averiett
What we know:
Chief Angela Averiett allegedly clipped a woman's car while driving an unmarked Jeep with police lights on the eastbound Interstate 580 center median near I-680.
Averiett allegedly took off after the crash. She told California Highway Patrol officers from Dublin that she had chest pains that later subsided. The other woman involved in the crash was not hurt.
Charges against Averiett were filed on Tuesday.