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The Justice Department filed a criminal complaint this week against a Venezuelan national accused of assaulting a federal officer and grabbing and possessing the officer’s firearm while resisting arrest outside a place of business earlier this month.
Law enforcement officers assigned to the Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Task Force, or HSTF, began surveillance near a business in Utica, Michigan, after receiving information that individuals living in the U.S. illegally were working at the facility as delivery drivers.
Agents observed a vehicle registered to Arnoldo Jose Marquez-Pulido, 33, who was leaving the parking lot, where they determined he was in the country illegally, according to a press release from the Justice Department.
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Photos of Marquez-Pulido allegedly grabbing the officer’s gun from the criminal complaint in the Eastern District of Michigan. (Department of Justice )
After agents attempted a routine traffic stop, authorities say the individual, Marquez-Pulido, briefly pulled over before fleeing from officers at a “high rate of speed.”
He then returned to the business location, where he proceeded to flee on foot, the criminal complaint alleged.
The HSTF agent proceeded to tackle Marquez-Pulido after he allegedly ignored the agent’s commands to stop and attempted to enter the business, the Justice Department said in a press release.
During the struggle, Marquez-Pulido is accused of striking the agent in the face with his elbow and reaching for the agent’s service weapon, identified as a “Glock 19” pistol. Prosecutors say he was able to remove the firearm from the agent’s holster and briefly wield it before losing control of it as the agent regained leverage.
Additional officers responded and recovered the weapon from the ground. Authorities say Marquez-Pulido continued to resist…
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