{"id":386944,"date":"2026-07-05T13:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T13:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/386944\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T13:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T13:31:08","slug":"nancy-pelosis-husband-could-face-charge-after-hitting-parked-car-in-california-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/386944\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Pelosi\u2019s husband could face charge after hitting parked car in California | California"},"content":{"rendered":"

The husband of former House speaker Nancy Pelosi<\/a> was involved in a hit-and-run car crash in California that left a parked vehicle with \u201cmajor\u201d damage, authorities said on Saturday \u2013 and he could face misdemeanor charges.<\/p>\n

Paul Pelosi was driving his brown convertible on Friday in Yountville, a town in the heart of wine country, when he struck a legally parked car on the side of the road, briefly stopped and then drove away, the Napa county sheriff\u2019s office said in a statement. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n

A witness saw the collision and called 911. Shortly afterward, sheriff\u2019s deputies found Pelosi with damage to the front of his car on a road roughly a quarter of a mile away. He reportedly told officers he knew he hit something but was not sure when or what caused the damage.<\/p>\n

Pelosi, 86, did not have any alcohol in his system, according to the statement. The sheriff\u2019s office referred him to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) for a process to determine whether he may continue to drive \u2013 something that officials say is common for older drivers.<\/p>\n

Pelosi was not arrested \u2013 and because no one was injured, the sheriff\u2019s office recommended a misdemeanor charge for fleeing the scene of an accident.<\/p>\n

A staffer for Nancy Pelosi<\/a>, who did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.<\/p>\n

The California Post reported<\/a> a statement from a spokesperson for the Pelosis who said Paul had \u201cpersonally apologized to the owner of the vehicle and assured them that he would take responsibility for the damage to their vehicle\u201d.<\/p>\n

Nancy Pelosi, meanwhile, \u201cwill not be commenting further on this private matter\u201d, the spokesperson was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n

The congresswoman is in her 20th term representing San Francisco in the US House. She has announced that she is retiring in early 2027.<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s crash happened after Paul Pelosi pleaded guilty<\/a> in 2022 to misdemeanor charges of driving under the influence in Napa county. He was sentenced to five days in jail and three years of probation.<\/p>\n

However, he served only two days in jail and received good conduct credit for two other days, leaving just one day to serve in a courthouse work program.<\/p>\n

Pelosi as part of his probation also was required to attend a three-month drinking driver class and install an ignition interlock device, which forces drivers to provide a breath sample to prove sobriety before the engine will start. He was furthermore ordered to pay about $5,000 in victim restitution for medical bills and lost wages, along with nearly $2,000 in fines.<\/p>\n

That same year, an intruder attacked him and severely beat with a hammer at his and Nancy Pelosi\u2019s San Francisco home. The attacker, David DePape, was subsequently sentenced<\/a> to life imprisonment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The husband of former House speaker Nancy Pelosi was involved in a hit-and-run car crash in California that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-386944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}