Reports: Arrested Brother of SF Giant Had Previous DUI Record

Cainan Schierholtz, the 23-year-old suspected of being under the influence during five hit-and-run collisions Sunday morning, has a prior DUI conviction according to several media reports.

According to the Contra Costa Times and other media, the state Department of Motor Vehicles says the younger brother of San Francisco Giants outfielder Nate Schierholtz was convicted of drunken driving following a July 2004 incident and was driving with an expired license during Sunday's accidents. 

The younger Schierholtz never stopped his red Dodge pick-up during the collisions along Danville Boulevard and Railroad Avenue at about 10 a.m., where he hit a bicyclist, a pedestrian, two trucks and a light pole, according to police.

Jane Joyce, who lives on Montair Drive, said one of the crash victims parked his truck across the roadway at Montair Drive and Macomber Road to block Schierholtz's exit from a dead-end at Macomber Road.

By the time he turned around and was heading back toward the truck, several other people had converged in the area, Joyce said.

She said Schierholtz's truck airbag had deployed and he appeared to be pinned inside his car, but was somehow still driving.

When he saw he was blocked in, he stopped in front of the pickup truck, and the pickup's driver and two other men pulled him out of his car and held him until police arrived, Joyce said.

She said he appeared to be passive and extremely intoxicated.

"It's just a miracle that somebody else didn't get hurt or killed," Joyce said.

She said police arrived quickly and arrested Schierholtz.

There were no major injuries during the incident.

Schierholtz was booked on four counts of DUI causing bodily harm, three counts of hit and run causing personal injury, two counts of hit and run property damage and driving without a license.

The police department is not releasing information about his blood alcohol content  during the accidents at this time.

As of Tuesday afternoon, he was being held on $350,000 bail at the Richmond Jail because of jail overcrowding, awaiting his first court appearance.

The investigation is ongoing and anyone with further information can call lead traffic investigator, Danville Police Officer Julie Parish at (925) 314-3700.

Bay City News Service contributed to this report.