Woman Charged With Driving Truck Toward Federal Officers in Alameda Is Freed on Bail

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The woman facing federal charges for driving a U-Haul truck toward Coast Guard officers during an immigration protest in Oakland last month was released on bail early Friday.

Bella Thompson, 26, is expected to reside with her parents in Southern California while attending an outpatient mental health treatment program pending trial, according to new court filings.

Thompson is accused of reversing a U-Haul truck toward a blockade of federal officers on the bridge to Alameda’s Coast Guard Island on the night of Oct. 23. That day, U.S. Border Patrol agents had arrived on the base ahead of a planned “surge” of immigration enforcement activity in San Francisco…

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