A U.S. Border Patrol agent who was arrested for drunkenly combating Lengthy Seaside police final month was discovered lifeless in a Riverside County dwelling on Friday, regulation enforcement officers mentioned.
Isaiah Hodgson, 29, was discovered lifeless at about 12:45 p.m. in a house within the 25000 block of Avocet Circle in an unincorporated space of Hemet on Aug. 22, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Division mentioned in an announcement.
“When deputies arrived, they positioned the male and pronounced him deceased. Deputies didn’t find any proof of foul play,” the assertion learn.
Natalin Daldalian, communications director for the L.A. County public defender’s workplace, which was representing Hodgson in his legal case, requested the media to “respect his household’s privateness throughout this time” and didn’t elaborate on a reason behind demise.
The agent’s demise was first reported by L.A. Taco.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Division of Homeland Safety didn’t instantly provide any remark.
Hodgson performed a visual function within the Trump administration’s intensive immigration enforcement efforts in Southern California over the previous couple of months.
He was concerned within the controversial detention of Adrian Martinez, a U.S. citizen, who was accused on June 17 of interfering in immigration arrests at a Walmart in Pico Rivera, in line with Martinez’s protection attorneys.
Brokers rushed the 20-year-old and shoved him to the bottom after he confronted them as they tried to arrest certainly one of his co-workers. Video from the scene exhibits officers dragging Martinez to a truck. Though U.S. Atty. Invoice Essayli publicly accused Martinez of assaulting an officer, video from the scene didn’t present Martinez hanging anybody. He was indicted on a cost of conspiring to impede a federal officer final week.
Roughly three weeks after the incident with Martinez, Hodgson was “off-duty, intoxicated and armed with a handgun” at a restaurant within the Shoreline Village space of Lengthy Seaside when he approached a feminine within the girls’s restroom, in line with an announcement issued final month by the Los Angeles County district lawyer’s workplace. The girl complained to restaurant workers, who requested Hodgson to depart as a result of weapons weren’t allowed contained in the eatery.
Lengthy Seaside police responded to the scene and contacted Hodgson, who fought with officers as they tried to detain him. Officers ultimately subdued him with a stun gun, in line with a Lengthy Seaside Police Division spokeswoman. Hodgson “refused to supply employment info” when questioned by officers, certainly one of whom suffered a minor damage throughout the scuffle, police mentioned.
Prosecutors charged Hodgson with three counts of resisting arrest, one depend of battery inflicting damage to a police officer and several other misdemeanor weapons offenses. He was due again in court docket in late September, data present.
Each the district lawyer’s workplace and Lengthy Seaside police referred inquiries to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Division.
Instances workers author Brittny Mejia contributed to this report.
