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Posted on 02/22/2026 5:34:25 AM PST by TheDon
A Compton man has pleaded guilty to assaulting and injuring a federal officer by throwing chunks of concrete at government vehicles during an immigration enforcement operation last year in Paramount, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
Elpidio Reyna, 41, pleaded guilty to one felony count of assault on a federal officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon resulting in bodily injury. He has been in custody since July.
According to his plea agreement, Reyna assaulted a federal law enforcement officer on June 7, 2025, while the officer was performing official duties.
Federal agencies were conducting a joint enforcement operation near a Home Depot in Paramount when protesters began throwing rocks, lighting objects on fire and obstructing officers, according to officials.
Prosecutors said Reyna lit objects on fire in the street and threw rocks at a convoy of law enforcement vehicles occupied by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, including the victim identified in court documents as “R.T.”
One rock shattered the window of R.T.’s vehicle, cutting the officer’s forehead.
“This defendant could have easily killed a federal officer or innocent bystander,” First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said in a statement. “As he found out the hard way, violence against law enforcement is not constitutionally protected and will be met with swift justice. Those who engage in similar violence will be arrested, charged and eventually convicted in a court of law.”
U.S. District Judge Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha scheduled sentencing for Aug. 7. Reyna faces up to 20 years in federal prison.
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20 years.
Compton man or Mexican man?
The DoJ doesn’t say...
The result of stochastic terrorism. Make no mistake about it, all those pushing for these actions, which include Dem leaders, media figures, and fakes news propagandists, were unindicted accessories to this crime.
“”Compton man or Mexican man?””
The judge has two last names - hyphenated...the guy arrested doesn’t - I’d check the citizenship status of the judge..LOL
6/7/25 arrested
2/17/26 pleads guilty
8/7/26 sentencing
Crazy...14 months from arrest to sentencing...
Give him every minute of it.
He should get the same treatment as the J-6ers.
Jailed, no bail. Then sentenced to a long incarceration in a federal pen.
“8/7/26 sentencing”
That’s got to be fixed. Sentencing should be immediate.
Note the use of federal officer rather than ICE agent in the title.
Compton man pleads guilty to assaulting federal officer
Instead of
Compton man pleads guilty to assaulting ICE agent.
I looked up Stochastic but the definition was too confusing. What is it in plain English?
Reportedly, federal time served is less generous than with the states. This is good.
“Stochastic terrorism refers to the process where hostile public rhetoric, often amplified through media, increases the likelihood of ideologically motivated violence by individuals acting independently. It highlights how certain speech can incite random acts of violence without direct coordination or orders from a leader.”
This isn’t N.W.A’s Compton, anymore.
When I lived in Huntington Beach in the 80s I had a job that took me into Compton on occasion. Also went to “IngleWatts” to see the Lakers and Kings. Moved farther south in 1990. During my time there, I was the rare White guy (except at The Forum) in a sea of Black faces. Last time I was in that area, the people were overwhelmingly Latino.
The occasions when Biden remarked that Trump was fascist would’ve prompted a dire reaction from some deluded Dem.
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