Venezuelan man charged with assaulting immigration officer in Powell

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — A Venezuelan is accused of punching an immigration law enforcement officer and resisting arrest.

According to charging documents filed in federal court on Friday, Homeland Security Investigations says a task force was surveilling a residence in the 4000 block of Greensview Drive in Powell while searching for “a known criminal alien.”

Task force officers said they found a man matching their target’s description around 5:45 a.m. He got into a car registered to the target, and the man reportedly fled when the task force turned on their emergency lights to make an arrest…

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