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A Man Towed an ICE Vehicle During an Enforcement Operation. Guess What Happened Next.
Townhall.com ^ | 2 September A.D. 2025 | Dmitri Bolt

Posted on 09/02/2025 12:49:24 PM PDT by lightman

Bobby Nunez, a tow truck driver in Los Angeles, is under arrest for towing an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicle during an enforcement operation in mid-August. Bill Essayli, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, announced his arrest Monday morning for theft of government property. Nunez is facing up to ten years in federal prison.

How it started vs. How it’s going

ARRESTED: Bobby Nunez is now under arrest for brazenly towing an ICE vehicle. He is charged with theft of government property.

Apparently he thought it would be funny to interfere with our immigration enforcement operations. Now he can laugh behind bars while he faces justice. Nunez is looking at up to 10 years in federal prison if convicted.

How it started vs. How it’s going

ARRESTED: Bobby Nunez is now under arrest for brazenly towing an ICE vehicle. He is charged with theft of government property.

Apparently he thought it would be funny to interfere with our immigration enforcement operations. Now he can laugh… pic.twitter.com/6LbjCwdcBP — Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) September 2, 2025

ICE agents were arresting Tatiana Martinez, an illegal immigrant and influencer, when Nunez decided to tow their vehicle. Martinez had built a following by warning her supporters, and other illegal immigrants, about ICE activity and helping to direct protests to disrupt their active operations.

Fox News' Bill Melugin retweeted Bill Essayli's X post, noting that Nunez was laughing as he recorded agents chasing him as he towed their vehicle, a vehicle that still contained the keys and a firearm locked in a safe.

NEW: According to the criminal complaint, which was signed off on by a federal judge, Nunez was laughing and recording the ICE agents on his phone while he towed their vehicle away in LA , which had the keys and a weapon in a gun safe inside. HSI used TikTok to track him down. https://t.co/I09b0VRKs3 — Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) September 2, 2025


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: autotheft; bobbynunez; california; carthief; enemycombatant; fafo; ice; icevehicle; illegalimmigration; immigration; influencer; interference; losangelos; martinez; obstruction; prankgonewrong; revokehislicense; sedition; socialmedia; tatianamartinez; terrorism; theft; towtruck; treason; whoops
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Heh.
1 posted on 09/02/2025 12:49:24 PM PDT by lightman
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(ARRESTED: Bobby Nunez is now under arrest for brazenly towing an ICE vehicle. He is charged with theft of government property)

ENJOY FEDERAL PRISON, Mr. Nunez!!

BRILLIANT!!


2 posted on 09/02/2025 12:51:09 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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HSI used TikTok to track him down.

This is the oddest part of the story.
3 posted on 09/02/2025 12:53:18 PM PDT by posterchild
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[All pictures are posted for Educational Purposes
in accordance with Fair Use]

4 posted on 09/02/2025 12:53:25 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: lightman

I had to read the article. At first, I thought it was referring to an internal combustion engine (also ICE) vehicle.


6 posted on 09/02/2025 12:54:32 PM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: posterchild

Possibly grabbed his cellphone 📱 IMEI
and did cell tower 🗼🗼🗼 triangulation?

(haven’t seen the whole story yet...)


7 posted on 09/02/2025 12:55:34 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: lightman

Fantastic !!!! Give him the max!!!


8 posted on 09/02/2025 12:56:06 PM PDT by ProudDeplorable (Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: lightman

10 years. Is that all?


9 posted on 09/02/2025 12:56:40 PM PDT by Racketeer
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Two modern things I hate and they are BOTH here…

1. Teasers “Guess What Happened Next.”

2. “How it started vs. How it’s going” — it was cute the first two times ten years ago, but it’s well past it’s sell by date.

Make that three things…

3. “Well past it’s sell by date.” Ugh. Who keeps using that hackneyed phrase?


10 posted on 09/02/2025 12:58:35 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: lightman

He FA’d.

Now he FO’d..................


11 posted on 09/02/2025 12:59:23 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: lightman

Is there a separate charge for the theft of a government firearm? I would think so.


12 posted on 09/02/2025 1:00:42 PM PDT by ChronicMA
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To: lightman
Apparently he thought it would be funny to interfere with our immigration enforcement operations.

See ya, wouldn't want to be ya.

😂😂😂😂😂

13 posted on 09/02/2025 1:02:00 PM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: ProudDeplorable

FAFO, you assh@le!


14 posted on 09/02/2025 1:02:12 PM PDT by wetgundog
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To: lightman

I’d heard about that Martinez character. She’s a POS, so this is a twofer


15 posted on 09/02/2025 1:03:19 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (24 years on Free Republic, 12/10/24! More than 10,500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: lightman

Future jailhouse conversation:

“Hey, Bubba, what are you in for?”
- manslaughter

“Yo, Joe, what are you in for?”
- home invasion and torture

“Hey Nunez, what are you in for?”
- towing a Federal vehicle


16 posted on 09/02/2025 1:03:39 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try )
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To: lightman

Local authorities have absolutely no jurisdiction over federal property.


17 posted on 09/02/2025 1:07:16 PM PDT by Spok (Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by incompetence.)
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These mental midgets don’t think ICE or any other agency knows how to use social media. The “resistance” thinks they are slick posting their criminal intent and activities. It’s amusing. Antifa does the same thing but Fedgov doesn’t seem to be interested in the domestic terrorist organization.


18 posted on 09/02/2025 1:07:29 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave e them.-S.Adams)
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To: kosciusko51

Always a good first step.


19 posted on 09/02/2025 1:07:57 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: kosciusko51
At first, I thought it was referring to an internal combustion engine (also ICE) vehicle.

We ran out of three letter acronyms about 25 years ago.
20 posted on 09/02/2025 1:11:37 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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