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Florida attorney allegedly threatened ICE agents while trying to buy gun
Fox News reports federal authorities arrested Lisa White in Long Beach, Mississippi, after she allegedly threatened ICE agents while buying a gun.
The short version
- Federal authorities arrested Florida attorney Lisa White, who lives in Mississippi, in Long Beach after she allegedly threatened ICE agents.[Fox News]
- According to a criminal complaint, White allegedly said she wanted a gun to kill ICE agents and asked whether handguns could defeat their vests.[Fox News]
- Store employees refused to complete the sale, and the investigation began Sept. 23 after an ATF agent alerted HSI.[Fox News]
- ICE says White remains in custody as agents prepare a federal threat charge, and its cited assault statistics lack underlying totals.[Fox News]
Key facts
- White was arrested in Long Beach, Mississippi, after allegedly threatening to shoot ICE agents while trying to buy a gun and pepper spray.[Fox News]
- The investigation began Sept. 23 after an ATF agent alerted HSI to the encounter at High Caliber Guns, according to a criminal complaint.[Fox News]
- White allegedly asked whether handguns could penetrate ballistic vests and said she would target agents' heads, shoulders, arms or legs if not.[Fox News]
- White left the store empty-handed after the shop declined to complete the sale.[Fox News]
- White remained in custody as agents prepared a federal charge of influencing, impeding or retaliating against a federal official by threat, ICE said.[Fox News]
- ICE cited increases of more than 1,600% in assaults, 3,300% in vehicle attacks and 8,000% in death threats against its officers, without underlying totals or a comparison period.[Fox News]
What remains uncertain
- The threat allegations come from a criminal complaint and federal statements and have not been tested in court.[Fox News]
- The scale of ICE's cited percentage increases cannot be assessed because underlying totals and a comparison period were not provided.[Fox News]
- Whether the federal charge will be filed and how the case will proceed is not reported.[Fox News]
Sources
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