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Protester Charged in Violent ICE Office Attack Released Pending Trial

Federal investigators used facial recognition to link him to the June 14 attack on the Portland ICE office.

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Overview

  • Robert Jacob Hoopes, 24, faces federal counts of aggravated assault of a federal officer and depredation of government property after allegedly throwing rocks and using a stop sign to damage the South Portland ICE office on June 14.
  • FBI agents arrested Hoopes on July 25 after matching surveillance footage to public images with facial recognition software.
  • At his July 28 court appearance, a magistrate judge released him under GPS monitoring, imposed a mental health evaluation and barred contact with ICE personnel.
  • Court filings show replacement of the ICE building’s damaged entry door cost $7,747.72.
  • He is one of 23 individuals charged in the federal crackdown on protests at the Portland ICE facility since mid-June.