A federal judge on Saturday dismissed the case against a popular Los Angeles-based TikTok influencer who prosecutors alleged had driven a car into federal agents during an immigration operation in October, leading to a shooting.
United States District Judge Fernando M. Olguin dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning charges cannot be refiled for assault on a federal officer using a deadly or dangerous weapon and depredation of government property for the same incident.
Carlitos Ricardo Parias, 44, who goes by RichardLA on TikTok with more than 130,000 followers, was charged with the aforementioned crimes stemming from an Oct. 21 incident in South LA when federal agents approached him in relation to an immigration-related warrant…