Overview
- U.S. District Judge Georgia Alexakis directed prosecutors to bring the agent’s car back to Chicago on a flatbed after prosecutors acknowledged it had been driven to Maine.
- Defense attorney Christopher Parente said he will seek sanctions and raised preservation concerns, noting the car is the agent’s personal vehicle.
- A hearing on Monday is set to address the trial schedule after Thursday’s session shifted to the evidence dispute.
- Marimar Martinez, 30, and co-defendant Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz pleaded not guilty to assaulting federal officers, a charge that carries up to 20 years in prison.
- Prosecutors say agents were rammed and boxed in before an agent fired five shots, while the defense cites unreleased body-camera footage it says shows an agent swerved into Martinez.