Prosecutors have charged Encinitas Councilmember Luke Shaffer with felony assault, as well as two misdemeanor counts.

The charges, filed by the San Diego County District Attorney’s office, include a felony charge of assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury, along with misdemeanor charges of hit-and-run driving and willful omission to perform duty, according to a complaint obtained by Voice of San Diego.

The incident occurred July 5, according to the complaint, but the district attorney and courts have not yet made the full details public. However, the complaint states that Shaffer made threats to a member of the public, “did unlawfully commit an assault upon” a person and was “the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in damage to property.”

“Shaffer did wi

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