Overview

• Hoopes faces federal charges of aggravated assault of a federal officer with a dangerous weapon and depredation of federal property exceeding $1,000.
• Authorities allege he struck an ICE officer with a rock causing a head laceration and joined others in battering the facility’s door with a stop sign.
• FBI agents identified him by matching surveillance footage to a Reed College photo using commercially available facial recognition software.
• His release conditions include GPS monitoring, a mental health evaluation, and prohibitions on contacting ICE staff or returning near the South Portland ICE building.
• He is one of 23 individuals charged in connection with protest-related actions at the ICE office and will appear for arraignment on August 15.