Feds accuse man detained in Elgin of gang ties, slamming into officer’s car

The Brief

  • The man detained by ICE on Saturday is accused of gang ties and ramming a federal agent’s car.
  • DHS claimed Luis Jesus Acosta Gutierrez was in the country illegally after his TPS was revoked.
  • The hours-long incident attracted an angry crowd that the feds claimed threw items at them.

ELGIN, Ill. The man detained by ICE agents in suburban Elgin on Saturday morning is accused of ramming an agent’s car into a tree and having ties to a Venezuelan gang.

Luis Jesus Acosta Gutierrez was the man detained, according to the Department of Homeland Security. He is allegedly in the U.S. illegally.

What we know:

DHS said as ICE officers tried to stop his car, Acosta allegedly resisted arrest by intentionally ramming an officer’s car into a tree. No officers were injured.

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