FBI identifies masked suspect after $50,000 reward offered as US Attorney General Pam Bondi vows to prosecute LA rioters
A masked man who allegedly assaulted federal officers in Los Angeles has been identified as US Attorney General Pam Bondi warns protesters the federal government will come after them if they break the law.
The FBI put out a public alert on Monday in order to track down a masked man accused of throwing broken cinder blocks at police.
Speaking to Fox News on Tuesday, the Attorney General said the man had now been identified and would be put on the FBI's most wanted list.
'The case where the guy was breaking up the cinder blocks and he was throwing them at police cars… (and) the federal officer had injured his hand," the Attorney General said.
'He was wearing a mask. The FBI has identified him .... they are doing a search warrant on his house as we speak.
"His name is Reyes. He is going to be on the most wanted list.'
In its appeal for public information, published on X, the FBI offered a $50,000 reward for any information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the individual.
'The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Los Angeles Field Office is seeking the public's assistance in identifying the individual responsible for assaulting a federal officer and damaging government property near Alondra Boulevard in the city of Paramount, California,' the FBI poster states.
'On June 7, 2025, at approximately 3:30 p.m., the suspect threw rocks at law enforcement vehicles on Alondra Boulevard in Paramount, California, injuring a federal officer and damaging government vehicles."
In a subsequent post, FBI Assistant Director Akil Davis said there would be 'no tolerance' to any interference with the activities of law enforcement.
'Anyone who deliberately impedes the efforts of law enforcement agents and officers who are carrying out lawful warrants will be subject to federal prosecution, to include spending time in federal prison,' the head of the FBI's LA field office said.
Ms Bondi doubled down on this message on Tuesday, telling Fox News host Sean Hannity the federal government would prosecutive rioters if California would not.
'If California won't protect their law enforcement, we will protect the LAPD and the sheriff's office out there,' she said.
'We can prosecute federally people who assault state law enforcement officers with a maximum of five years in prison, and we are going to do it.
'Not only that, we have nine open cases right now and more to come on assaulting federal officers. The Molotov cocktail cases that you've seen, we've charged one. More to come.'
The Attorney General said the US government would also go after lesser crimes.
'The looters; you saw they began to loot last night, going into 7-Elevens, going into drugstores. Typically, you don't charge those. We do under federal law now,' she said
'Under the Hobbs Act, we are charging robbery. You loot a business in California, you are looking at a maximum of 20 years in prison.
'If you spit on a federal law enforcement officer, we are going to charge you with a crime federally. You are looking at up to five years maximum in prison.
'If you assault a police officer, if you rob a store, if you loot, if you spit on a police officer. We are coming after you… we are going to prosecute you.'
Ms Bondi added that the masks many protesters were wearing would not be enough to conceal their identities.
'The mask won't protect you. Technology is amazing right now. We are tracking you. We will find and you will go to jail and we'll prosecute you federally,' she said.
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