Feds charge 3 with doxing ICE agents

LOS ANGELES 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 declared Investigators announced the women followed the agent home livestreamed their pursuit and then posted the agent s address online according to a report 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 report commented Prosecutors explained a -year-old woman from Panorama City California is free on bond A -year-old resident of Aurora Colorado who is also charged in a separate affair with assault on a federal officer is in custody without bond And personnel are searching for the third defendant a -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 noted in a message 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 Attorneys for the women could not forthwith be reached on Monday An email was sent to the Federal General 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 Assurance 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 general while arresting immigrants in California Last week California became the first state to ban greater part law enforcement officers including federal immigration agents from covering their faces while conducting official business Federal agents block people protesting an ICE immigration raid at a nearby licensed cannabis farm near Camarillo California in July Photo by Mario Tama Getty Images