Overview
- A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment on Thursday, May 21, 2026, charging 21-year-old Diego Emmanuel Reyes with assaulting and impeding a federal officer by using a deadly or dangerous weapon.
- The U.S. Attorney’s Office says the charge stems from an October 4, 2025, incident in which Reyes’ SUV struck and then pushed a pickup truck driven by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent and the count carries a statutory maximum of 20 years in prison.
- Prosecutors released a short surveillance clip they say shows the SUV striking the ICE truck, the agent exiting the vehicle, a second federal vehicle ramming the SUV from behind, and the SUV coming to rest in a construction area after accelerating.
- The indictment is the latest development in the contested aftermath of Operation Midway Blitz, a federal enforcement campaign that generated protests and produced numerous non-immigration cases that largely were dismissed or failed to produce convictions.
- An arraignment has not been scheduled and the case is likely to shape debate over local police cooperation with federal immigration agents because released dispatch recordings and video have prompted scrutiny of CPD decisions that day.