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Yahoo
20-07-2025
- Yahoo
Man who robbed five North Texas cash-loan stores sentenced to federal prison
A man who robbed five cash-loan businesses in the DFW metroplex has been sentenced to 60 years in federal prison, officials with the U.S. Attorney's Office in North Texas said. Thirty-seven-year-old Charles Brownlee robbed the businesses at gunpoint in Euless, Hurst, Grapevine, Fort Worth and Grand Prairie over the course of 12 days in May 2024, according to a statement. He wore a baseball cap and medical mask to conceal his identity. Brownlee was convicted in March on one count of Hobbs Act conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, five counts of interfering with commerce by robbery, five counts of using, brandishing and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence and one count of felon in possession of a firearm, according to the statement. 'After terrorizing employees at multiple businesses throughout the DFW area, this defendant's violent crime spree ended because of the stellar work of our law enforcement partners,' acting U.S. attorney Nancy Larson. said. 'The lengthy sentence imposed justly puts this serial felon behind bars for a very long time and serves as a message to others that we will vigorously prosecute those who jeopardize our communities' safety.'
Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Yahoo
TEN MUGSHOTS: Meet The Militants Who Allegedly Ambushed An ICE Facility Near Ft. Worth
Anarchist militants allegedly launched an 'ambush' outside an ICE detention center near Fort Worth on July 4. Now, officials have published their identities, and The Dallas Express has found their mugshots. The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas charged 11 suspects for the attack, in which a gunman shot a police officer in the neck, as The Dallas Express previously reported. Acting U.S. Attorney Nancy Larson called it 'a planned ambush with the intent to kill ICE corrections officers.' Militants in black body armor allegedly surrounded the ICE Prairieland Detention Facility in Alvarado, south of Fort Worth, late on July 4. Gunmen took their positions and shot an Alvarado police officer in the neck, and fired at ICE corrections officers. The Suspects Federal officials are charging 10 suspects each with three counts of attempted murder of federal officers and three counts of firing a gun in a violent crime. An eleventh suspect was charged with obstruction of justice and conspiracy for allegedly attempting to destroy evidence. The suspects are currently detained in the Johnson County Jail, and they all face charges including attempted murder of a federal officer, discharging a firearm in a violent crime, aggravated assault on a public servant with a deadly weapon, and terrorism. Across the board, the latter two charges both carry $5 million bonds. Cameron Arnold is also known as 'Autumn Hill,' according to the criminal complaint. Jail records list Hill's sex as , and he is from Dallas. Bradford Morris is, similarly, also known as 'Meagan Morris.' Jail records t Morris' sex as male. According to the criminal complaint, Morris is from Dallas. Joy Gibson, of Dallas. Elizabeth Soto, of Fort Worth. Ines Soto, of Fort Worth. Savanna Batten, of Fort Worth. Maricela Rueda, of Fort Worth. Seth Sikes, of Kennedale. Zachary Evetts, of Waxahachie. Nathan Baumann, of College Station. Johnson County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested Baumann, Rueda, Sikes, Gibson, Batten, and the Sotos near the detention center soon after the attack, according to the criminal complaint. 'They were dressed in black, military-style clothing, some had on body armor, some were covered in mud, some were armed, and some had radios.' Baumann was reportedly 'wet' and 'covered with burs,' suggesting he was 'crawling around in the woods.' Soon after, deputies also pulled over Morris' van, where they saw weapons including a pistol and AR-15 rifle in 'plain view,' the complaint read. They arrested Morris, then found a 'loaded magazine' for the pistol, another AR-15, a hand-held radio, a ballistic helmet, and two 'Kevlar ballistic style vests.' The next day, police searched Morris' house on 56th Street in south Dallas – a 'staging' location for the attack, according to the complaint. There, they found Arnold, who another suspect said was at the ICE facility during the shooting. Police also found fireworks, spray paint, three 'body-armor vests,' and nine more guns. On Monday, the FBI followed Daniel Rolando Sanchez, charged in a separate complaint, from his home in Garland to an apartment in Denton. The FBI searched the apartment and found 'anti-government propaganda' calling for 'insurrectionary anarchy.' At multiple stages in the investigation, officers found anarchist propaganda, including a flag that read 'resist fascism, fight oligarchy' and flyers that said 'fight ICE terror with class war' and 'free all political prisoners.' Larson warned officials will find anyone who attacks law enforcement, and prosecute them with 'the toughest criminal statutes and penalties that we have available.'
Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
‘Ambush': Anti-Enforcement Militants Allegedly Shot Officer, Targeted Detention Center
While Americans celebrated Independence Day, a group of armed anti-enforcement militants allegedly ambushed law enforcement officers at a detention center south of Fort Worth. 'It was a planned ambush with the intent to kill ICE corrections officers,' Acting U.S. Attorney Nancy Larson said at a July 7 press conference attended by The Dallas Express. Larson said a group dressed in black body armor surrounded the ICE Prairieland Detention Facility in Alvarado late on July 4. Gunmen took position and ambushed a responding Alvarado police officer, shooting him in the neck. Suspects reportedly carried a flag that read 'resist fascism, fight oligarchy' flyers that said 'fight ICE terror with class war' and 'free all political prisoners.' Officers also recovered anarchist literature titled Organizing For Attack – Insurrection Anarchy. 'Make no mistake, this was not a so-called 'peaceful protest,'' Larson said. 'It was indeed an ambush.' Ten suspects were charged with attempted murder of a federal officer and three counts of discharging a firearm during a violent crime. An eleventh suspect was charged with obstruction of justice and conspiracy for allegedly attempting to destroy evidence. If convicted, the ten charged could face 10 years to life in prison, while the eleventh could face up to 10 years. Officials did not directly identify the suspects. FBI-Dallas Special Agent in Charge Joe Rothrock said, 'Let me be clear, this appears to be a coordinated and targeted attack against law enforcement.' He asked the public to call 1-800-CALL-FBI with any tips. A group of 10 to 12 suspects in 'black military-style clothing' surrounded the ICE facility in Alvarado at 10:37 p.m., according to Larson. They began 'shooting fireworks' and vandalizing the facility. 'This was part of an organized attack,' she said. The attackers used vandalism to draw ICE personnel out of the facility, damaging vehicles and a guard structure, and writing words like 'traitor, ICE pig' in graffiti, according to Larson. Their plan worked. The facility made a 911 call, and two unarmed corrections officers went outside to confront the vandals. A gunman had split off from the group and was hiding in the woods. Another was across the street. Then the Alvarado police officer arrived at the scene. 'An assailant who was positioned in the woods shot him in the neck area, another assailant who was across the street – nowhere near the corrections officers – shot 20 to 30 rounds at these unarmed corrections officers,' Larson said. 'The assailants fled.' The wounded officer is expected to recover, said Josh Johnson, special agent in charge of Dallas ICE-Enforcement and Removal Operations. No ICE employees were injured. Officers found an AR-style rifle at the scene, jammed and 'apparently discarded,' according to Larson. Officers also found 'Faraday bags,' which are supposed to prevent law enforcement from tracking one's electronics, and a total of 12 sets of body armor. The Johnson County Sheriff's Office stopped a vehicle with a 'single driver,' and found two guns and two Kevlar 'ballistic-style vests,' Larson said. Separately, deputies stopped seven suspects 300 yards from the apparent attempted murder. The suspects were 'mostly from this area.' 'Some were wearing body armor, some were covered in mud, some were armed, and some had two-way radios on them,' Larson said. 'Due to the rapid response of local law enforcement, these individuals were quickly apprehended.' Additional searches recovered more weapons, tactical gear, and anarchist propaganda, officials said. Larson called this a 'stark and horrifying' example of how law enforcement protects the public. She said it was an 'egregious attack' on law enforcement, and part of an 'increasing trend of violence against them.' Larson cited rising annual assaults on officers: seven in 2021 and 2022, 11 in 2023, 18 in 2024, and nine so far this year. According to Johnson, ICE officers have seen a 700% increase in assaults. 'This will not be tolerated,' Larson said. 'Those who use violence against law enforcement officers will be found and they will be prosecuted with the toughest criminal statutes and penalties that we have available to us.'
The Guardian
09-07-2025
- The Guardian
Ten charged with attempted murder after allegedly ambushing Texas Ice agents
Ten people have been charged with attempted murder after allegedly ambushing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents in Texas on 4 July. Federal prosecutors said attackers drew the agents out of an Ice detention center in Alvarado, Texas, with fireworks and by vandalizing vehicles. They allegedly shot a police officer in the neck and unloaded between 20 and 30 rounds on immigration agents, and were later apprehended by local law enforcement near the scene. 'It was a planned ambush with the intent to kill Ice correction officers,' said Nancy Larson, US attorney for the northern district of Texas, at a press conference on Monday. 'Make no mistake, this was not a so-called peaceful protest – it was indeed an ambush.' Larson said the assailants began shooting fireworks outside the Prairieland Ice Detection Center, about an hour south of Dallas in Alvarado, Texas, at approximately 10.37pm. The fireworks drew agents outside and found the group spray painting vehicles with 'Ice pig', 'traitor' and 'other profanity', according to Larson. A gunman, who was positioned in the woods away from the group, then fired a shot at a local police officer who was also on the scene and hit him in the 'neck area', Larson said. She added that a second gunman unloaded between 20 and 30 rounds on Ice corrections officers, who she said were unarmed. 'This was an egregious attack on federal and local law enforcement officers and it is part of an increasing trend of violence against them,' Larson said, adding that a jammed AR-style rifle was later found abandoned in the woods. Ten people, most of them from the Dallas-Fort Worth area, were charged with three counts of attempted murder. An 11th 'co-conspirator' faces obstruction of justice charges. Larson said local sheriff's deputies caught the alleged assailants in two separate vehicles near the facility, both with tactical-style vests and weapons. One group of seven alleged assailants was also covered in mud. 'We found masks, goggles, tactical gloves' in a residence, said Larson, along with 'additional body armor … spray paint, fireworks and again insurrectionist materials'. The attack comes after police said a man with an assault rifle shot at officers leaving a Texas border patrol facility on Monday, before being killed by law enforcement. Hours before the attack his father told police he was looking for his son, who he said had psychological issues and was carrying weapons.
Telegraph
08-07-2025
- Politics
- Telegraph
Ten arrested after plotting to ‘ambush' and kill ICE officers
Ten people have been arrested on attempted murder charges after plotting to 'ambush' and kill Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, officials said. People dressed in black military-style clothing and body armour allegedly lured officials at the Texas immigration detention centre outside, before opening fire and injuring a police officer. The group tried to draw officials outside at the Prairieland Detention Centre in Alvarado on Friday, shooting fireworks, damaging cars and vandalising the facility with graffiti, writing words such as 'traitor' and 'ICE pig', officials said. The commotion 'seemed to be designed to draw US Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel outside the facility, and it worked,' Nancy Larson, acting US attorney for the northern district of Texas, said at a news conference. 'It was a planned ambush with the intent to kill ICE corrections officers,' she added. Officer shot in neck Two unarmed corrections officers came outside to speak with the group. At some point, the Alvarado police officer arrived and was shot in the neck by someone who was in the woods, Ms Larson said. The officer was treated at a hospital and released, the Johnson County Sheriff's office said. 'Another assailant, who was across the street, nowhere near the corrections officers, shot 20 to 30 rounds at these unarmed corrections officers,' she said. 'There was an AR-style rifle found at the scene' that was jammed, she said. A flag saying 'Resist fascism, fight oligarchy,' and flyers with words such as 'Fight ICE' also were recovered near the facility, she said. The group fled, but sheriff deputies stopped seven people about 300 yards (274 metres) from where the officer was shot. 'Some were wearing body armour, some were covered in mud, some were armed, and some had two-way radios on them,' Ms Larson said. Border Patrol shooting The Independence Day shooting came as the Trump administration has continued to ramp up its deportation efforts, which will be turbocharged by Donald Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' that became law last week. The shooting happened three days before a man with an assault rifle fired dozens of rounds at federal agents and a US Border Patrol facility more than 400 miles (643 kilometers) south in McAllen on Monday, injuring a police officer, before authorities shot and killed him. Asked if the shooting was connected to what happened in McAllen, Ms Larson said she could not comment as it is an 'ongoing investigation'. In Alvarado, officers discovered masks, goggles, tactical gloves, more body armour, weapons, spray paint and fireworks in further searches, Ms Larson said. The 10 suspects were each charged with three counts of attempted murder of a federal officer and three counts of discharging a firearm in relation to a crime of violence. Another person was charged with obstruction of justice and conspiracy for attempting to conceal and destroy evidence, Ms Larson said. Staff at the Prairieland centre have been given extra protection, Josh Johnson, acting Enforcement and Removal Operations field office director in Dallas, said. Anger among Democrats It comes as House Democrats told Axios there was growing anger among their base, with some supporters urging lawmakers to ratchet their efforts to resist Mr Trump's administration to violence. 'This idea that we're going to save every norm and that we're not going to play [Republicans'] game ... I don't think that's resonating with voters anymore,' one elected Democrat told the website. 'We've got people who are desperately wanting us to do something... no matter what we say, they want [more],' Brad Schneider, the chairman of the centre-Left New Democrat Coalition, told Axios. Another House Democrat said some voters had suggested 'what we really need to do is be willing to get shot' when visiting ICE facilities or federal agencies 'Our own base is telling us that what we're doing is not good enough ... [that] there needs to be blood to grab the attention of the press and the public,' the lawmaker said.
