Paul Pelosi Charged With Misdemeanor Hit-and-Run in Napa County
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Paul Pelosi is charged with a misdemeanor after a California collision with a parked vehicle.
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Saturday, July 18, 2026 — Politics
Paul Pelosi faces a standard misdemeanor charge for leaving the scene of a property-damage crash with no injuries or alcohol involved. The case follows routine procedures and carries a court date in August.
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No other outlets supplied additional verified details. The absence of injuries, the exact location on a public road, and the fact that the parked vehicle was unoccupied were confirmed only by the sheriff’s office release. Court records show no attorney on file and no immediate response from the Pelosi office, facts noted but not expanded upon elsewhere.
Paul Pelosi, 86, faces a misdemeanor charge for failing to stop and exchange information after his convertible struck a parked car in Yountville, California, on July 3. Napa County prosecutors filed the charge along with an infraction for an unlawful turn. No one was injured and the other vehicle was unoccupied.
The Napa County Sheriff’s Office reported that Pelosi stopped briefly before driving away. His vehicle later became disabled. Officers determined the damage to the right front of his brown convertible matched the parked car. Pelosi told investigators he knew he had hit something but continued because he did not know what it was. Tests showed no alcohol in his system.
State law requires drivers in property-damage crashes to stop and provide information. Pelosi’s court date is set for August 14. No attorney is listed in the court records, and Nancy Pelosi’s office has not commented.
In 2022 Pelosi pleaded guilty to a separate misdemeanor DUI in the same county. He served one day in jail after credit for time served, paid fines and restitution, completed a drinking-driver class, and installed an ignition interlock device. He was also the victim of a hammer attack at the family’s San Francisco home that year.
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