DENVER (KDVR) — An Aurora woman and two Southern California women are facing charges after a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging them with following a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent home and then livestreaming the address on social media.
The grand jury indictment was unsealed Friday after the suspects were charged with one count of conspiracy and one count of publicly disclosing personal information of a federal agent. The suspects were identified as:
- Ashleigh Brown, 38, of Aurora
- Sandra Carmona Samane, 25, of Panama City, California
- Cynthia Raygoza, 37, of Riverside, California
Both Brown and Samane were arrested on federal criminal complaints, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California.
The prosecutor’s office said that Brown is also charged in a separate case with assault on a federal officer and that she is in federal custody without bond. She is scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 30 for an arraignment.
Samane is free on a $5,000 bond, the attorney’s office said, and is scheduled to appear in court on Oct. 9 for an arraignment.
Law enforcement’s search for Raygoza continues.
Central District of California Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli called the women’s action’s “deeply offensive to law enforcement officers and their families.”
“Our brave federal agents put their lives on the line every day to keep our nation safe,” said Acting United States Attorney Bill Essayli. “If you threaten, dox, or harm in any manner one of our agents or employees, you will face prosecution and prison time.”
An indictment for the trio of suspects alleges that the women followed and ICE agent from the Civic Center in downtown Los Angeles to his residence and livestreamed their actions on their Instagram accounts. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said that the women “provided directions as they followed the victim home, encouraging their viewers to share the livestream.”
At the ICE agent’s home, the women allegedly shouted at bystanders that their “neighbor is ICE,” “la migra lives here,” and “ICE lives on your street and you should know.”
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said that the women shared the agent’s address and told viewers to come by.
The matter is currently being investigated by Homeland Security Investigations. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said that if convicted, the women would face a statutory maximum sentence of five years in federal prison for each count.
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