On Tuesday, Encinitas Councilmember Luke Shaffer will appear in a courtroom for his criminal arraignment, where he’ll hear about his charges in front of a judge.

The charges include one count of felony assault and two misdemeanors counts of hit-and-run driving and willful omission to perform duty, which basically means that a public official knowingly failed to do something they were legally required to do as part of their job.

Details of the incident that led to the charges haven’t been made public yet, but court documents indicate 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.” 

The arraignment is just the first step of the process, but if Sh

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