Federal indictment charges 3 activists with alleged ‘doxing’ of ICE
agent in Los Angeles
[September 30, 2025]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three activists opposed to President
Donald Trump’s immigration raids in Los Angeles have been indicted on
charges of illegally “ doxing ” a U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement agent, federal prosecutors said.
Investigators said the women followed the agent home, livestreamed their
pursuit and then posted the agent's address online, according to a
statement Friday from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Once they arrived at
the agent’s home, prosecutors allege the women shouted “ICE lives on
your street and you should know,” according to the indictment.
The defendants are each charged with one count of conspiracy and one
count of publicly disclosing the personal information of a federal
agent, the statement said.
Prosecutors said a 25-year-old woman from Panorama City, California, is
free on $5,000 bond. A 38-year-old resident of Aurora, Colorado, who is
also charged in a separate case with assault on a federal officer, is in
custody without bond.
And authorities are searching for the third defendant, a 37-year-old
woman from Riverside, California.
“Our brave federal agents put their lives on the line every day to keep
our nation safe,” Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said in a statement.
“The conduct of these defendants are deeply offensive to law enforcement
officers and their families. If you threaten, dox, or harm in any manner
one of our agents or employees, you will face prosecution and prison
time.”
Doxing is a typically malicious practice that involves gathering private
or identifying information and releasing it online without the person’s
permission, usually in an attempt to harass, threaten, shame or exact
revenge.
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People line up outside the Los Angeles Federal Building in Los
Angeles, housing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Wednesday,
June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)
Attorneys for the women could not immediately be reached on Monday.
An email was sent to the Federal Public Defender’s Office asking if
its attorneys are representing the defendants.
According to the indictment, the three women last month followed an
ICE agent from the federal building in downtown Los Angeles to the
agent’s residence in Baldwin Park east of LA. They livestreamed the
entire event, court documents say.
In July, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem threatened to
prosecute people for publishing federal agents’ personal information
in response to fliers in Portland, Oregon, that called for people to
collect intel on ICE.
Critics of the Trump administration’s raids have expressed outrage
over federal agents wearing masks and refusing to identify
themselves in public while arresting immigrants in California.
Last week, California became the first state to ban most law
enforcement officers, including federal immigration agents, from
covering their faces while conducting official business.
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