San Francisco, CA – Today, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced that Tony Shervaughn Phillips (44) and Abraham Simon (33) have been charged in connection to an incident that occurred on March 5, 2026, in the Tenderloin. Mr. Phillips is scheduled to be arraigned on March 10, 2026, at 1:30 p.m., at the Hall of Justice. Mr. Simon is scheduled to be arraigned on April 6, 2026, at 9:00 a.m., at the Hall of Justice.
Mr. Phillips is charged with felony resisting an executive officer, with an allegation that he personally inflicted great bodily injury on the victim, assault on a peace officer with force likely cause great bodily injury, and one count of violating a court stay-away order. Mr. Simon is charged with resisting, delaying, and obstructing a peace officer.
The District Attorney’s Office will move to have Mr. Phillips detained pending trial without bail because of the public safety risk he poses.
According to court documents, at about 5:30 p.m. on March 5, 2026, Mayor Daniel Lurie and two San Francisco Police Officers providing security for the Mayor were driving northbound on Larkin Street and stopped at Cedar Street because of a group of people blocking the roadway with their legs extended off the sidewalk as they sat on the curb. Allegedly one person, later identified as Mr. Simon, was actually sitting in the street. The Mayor and an officer got out of the car to talk to the group and try to get them to move out of the way.
Court documents describe that Mr. Phillips allegedly became argumentative and stepped towards the Mayor. The officer, who identified himself as an officer with the San Francisco Police Department, intervened and stepped in between Mr. Phillips and Mayor Lurie.
According to court documents, Mr. Phillips allegedly got less than a foot away from the officer and said, “Bruce Lee I’ll kick your ass!” The SFPD officer pushed Mr. Phillips to create distance, causing Mr. Phillips to fall to the sidewalk. Allegedly, Mr. Phillips then quickly stood up, rushed at the officer, wrapped his arms around the officer’s torso, and attempted to tackle him. The officer was able to use his radio to alert the other security detail officer who was still in the car that he was with a combative person.
According to court documents, Mr. Phillips then allegedly lifted the officer in the air and slammed him to the ground. The officer hit the back of his head, which caused him to suffer a large laceration and a concussion. As the second officer intervened to get Mr. Phillips off of the first officer, Mr. Simon allegedly grabbed him and refused directions to get back.
Court documents show that Mr. Phillips has an active court order preventing him from loitering within 150 yards of the intersection of Cedar Street and Larkin Street.
Although charges have been filed, this remains an active investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call the San Francisco Police Department Tip Line at 1-415-575-4444 or Text a Tip to TIP411 and begin the text message with SFPD. You may remain anonymous.
Court Numbers: Phillips, 26005135, Simon, 26005134
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