Two women convicted of stalking ICE agent during Los Angeles immigration protests
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Two Los Angeles protesters were convicted late Friday of stalking a U.S.Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent after they followed him to his Baldwin Park home.In a split verdict that followed a weeklong trial, Ashleigh Brown and Cynthia Raygoza were each found guilty of one count of stalking and acquitted of one count of conspiring to publish protected personal information about a federal employee.
A third defendant, Sandra Samane, was acquitted of both counts.Jurors deliberated for roughly nine hours before reaching a verdict Friday evening.
As U.S.District Judge Stephen V.
Wilson read the verdict, people in the gallery began to cry, tears silently streaming down their faces.The case stemmed from an incident when the three women — who have all been regularly involved in protests against the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration actions in Southern California — followed an unmarked government vehicle as it drove away from the downtown Los Angeles federal detention center on Aug.28, 2025.
Some supporters in the gallery said during the week that this case was a test of the limits of protest against the Trump administration.While following ICE and Border Patrol agents to enforcement sites has become a common protest tactic in L.A.
and other cities, the case seemed to be the first instance of protesters confronting a federal agent at their home.Under First Assistant U.S.Atty.
Bill Essayli, federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have aggressively charged protesters with assaulting and impeding the actions of immigration agents, filing more than 100 cases.While they’ve secured guilty pleas in 23 of those cases, they had lost every case they took to trial until Friday.
“We thank the jury for bringing justice to these agitators who violated the law and endangered the safety of this federal officer and his family,” Essayli said in a post on X.“Peaceful protest...