Overview
- U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Chestney approved release to the defendant’s father pending trial, with bond set at $30,000.
- Robyn Argote-Brooks, 25, faces a federal destruction-of-government-property charge carrying a potential 10-year sentence and a $250,000 fine.
- Court video showed ICE vehicles positioned in front of and behind his sedan before he reversed and struck the agents’ cars, with the complaint citing nearly $5,000 in damage.
- Prosecutors said an officer suffered a sprained neck and back during the incident, and ICE previously identified an injured field office director.
- Records indicate he entered the U.S. on parole in October 2024 and that DHS terminated that parole in April 2025, while his defense and father say he was never notified and that he had a renewed work permit and pending residency and asylum applications.