"Carlos Jimenez, a father of three, was indicted by a federal grand jury last week after prosecutors accused him of trying to "reverse" his car into a Border Patrol agent conducting an early morning Oct. 30 immigration stop near the Ontario mobile home park where he lives. An accompanying ICE agent, according to a complaint filed shortly after the incident, had ordered him to leave and pulled out a gun and pepper spray."
"Attorneys representing Jimenez said he was just trying to leave. Lawyers Cynthia Santiago and Robert Simon said Jimenez had stopped to warn the agents that a group of school age children would soon be coming. Jimenez reversed because he was afraid, they contend, and then was unnecessarily shot in the back of his right shoulder, where a bullet remains lodged."
Carlos Jimenez, a father of three and food bank worker, pleaded not guilty to assault on a federal officer using a deadly or dangerous weapon after being shot from behind by an ICE agent. Prosecutors allege he tried to "reverse" his car into a Border Patrol agent during an Oct. 30 immigration stop near his Ontario mobile home park. Attorneys say he reversed to warn agents that school-age children would soon arrive and that he was afraid. An ICE agent had ordered him to leave and produced a gun and pepper spray. Jimenez was shot in the back of his right shoulder and remains free on $10,000 bond; a jury trial was set for Jan. 12.
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