Los Angeles, California – A federal grand jury has indicted two Southern California residents on charges stemming from a confrontation with law enforcement during an anti-immigration enforcement protest in downtown Los Angeles last month.
According to prosecutors, the incident occurred on July 17 outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and United States Courthouse, where a small group of protesters had gathered in response to recent federal immigration enforcement operations. The building, like other federal facilities, is marked with signage indicating its status as federal property.
The indictment charges Erin Petra Escobar, 34, of the Palms neighborhood in Los Angeles, with one felony count of assault on a federal officer or employee and one misdemeanor count of depredation of government property. Nick Elias Gutierrez, 20, of Hawthorne, faces two felony counts: assault on a federal officer or employee, and assault on a federal officer or employee resulting in bodily injury…