Overview

• Hoopes, 24, has been accused of aggravated assault of a federal officer and depredation of federal property for allegedly hurling a rock at an ICE agent and battering the agency’s South Portland office with a stop sign on June 14.
• FBI investigators used commercial facial recognition tools on surveillance footage and public photo databases to link the Reed College graduate to the protest.
• At his July 28 initial appearance, Magistrate Judge Youlee Yim You accepted Hoopes’ not guilty plea and set conditions including electronic monitoring, a mental health evaluation, and a ban on contacting ICE officers.
• He faces up to 20 years in prison for the assault charge and up to 10 years for property depredation, with combined sentences potentially reaching 30 years.
• His case is one of 23 brought by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon since mid-June in response to escalating violence at the ICE building.