Alleged San Francisco drug dealer facing multiple felony charges after wrongway pursuit

SAN FRANCISCO — An alleged 19-year-old drug seller has been charged with a number of felony offenses after he tried to flee police by driving the improper manner on San Francisco’s busy Franklin Road.

San Francisco District Legal professional Brooke Jenkins introduced on Friday that Fernando Castro Torres has been charged with a number of counts together with assaulting a police officer, possessing medicine together with fentanyl on the market and reckless driving.

Castro Torres was arrested in possession of 21.6 grams of fentanyl and different narcotics together with cocaine and meth following a foot chase on December 16.

In makes an attempt to flee from police, Castro Torres drove southbound in opposition to visitors on Franklin Road dodging on-coming automobiles.

The pursuit by way of busy metropolis streets started at Olive Road and ended up close to Sacred Coronary heart Excessive College on Ellis Road. 

One officer was struck by the fleeing car and several other automobiles have been additionally hit.

 A juvenile passenger within the automobile was additionally arrested on the scene in possession of 169.4 grams of fentanyl and different narcotics.

“Fernando Castro Torres can be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the legislation and held accountable for his crimes and reckless habits that needlessly put cops in peril in addition to numerous pedestrians and motorists,”  Jenkins mentioned in a information launch. 

Castro Torres has been in custody since his arrest on December 16. Prosecutors have sought pre-trial detention on this case due to the general public security threat that he poses. If convicted of all costs he faces 10 years in state jail.

Though, costs have been filed, this stays an energetic investigation. Anybody with info is requested to name the San Francisco Police Division Tip Line at 1-415-575-4444 or Textual content a Tip to TIP411 and start the textual content message with SFPD. You might stay nameless.