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San Francisco Sheriff’s Chief of Staff Charged After Hit-and-Run Accident

Richard Jue was placed on administrative leave following his arrest.
San Francisco Sheriff’s Chief of Staff Charged After Hit-and-Run Accident
The skyline of San Francisco on March 25, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Jill McLaughlin
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San Francisco Sheriff’s Office Chief of Staff Richard Jue was charged with misdemeanor hit-and-run and for filing a false police report after allegedly crashing a sheriff’s vehicle into a parked car, the city’s attorney general announced on June 23.

Prosecutors say Jue was off duty on March 4 when he was driving a sheriff’s vehicle and allegedly crashed into a Tesla parked on southbound Diamond Heights Boulevard near Duncan Street.

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