"Bovino, I noted, was batting just 9% on his claims that protestors had engaged in violence. Well, yesterday, the case of Dana Briggs, a 70-year old Air Force veteran charged with assault when he fell as officers were pushing him back, was dismissed too. He had planned to call Bovino as a witness at his December trial. Bovino's success rate at substantiating his claim there were any rioters from that day is now zero."
"Examining more closely the five September 27 Broadview criminal arrest cases, all of which came before the undersigned magistrate judge, the Court notes the following facts: 1) The initial complaints charged four (Collins, Robledo, Ivery, and Briggs) of the foregoing five persons with felony violations of Section 111(a). 2) With today's dismissal of the Briggs criminal information, none of these cases remains pending today - all have been dismissed."
All criminal cases arising from the September 27 Broadview ICE protest have been dismissed, including Dana Briggs and Marimar Martinez. Dana Briggs, a 70-year-old Air Force veteran charged with assault after falling while officers pushed him back, had his case dismissed; he had planned to call Greg Bovino as a trial witness. The case against Marimar Martinez and co-defendant Anthony Ruiz was dismissed just before a follow-up hearing into CBP agent Charles Exum's conduct and statements before and after he shot her. Magistrate Judge Gabriel Fuentes, who signed the arrest warrants, issued a lengthy opinion detailing the collapse of the cases. Four defendants faced felony Section 111(a) charges; one was charged with a misdemeanor.
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