{"id":2465830,"date":"2025-07-23T16:49:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T20:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/authorities-arrest-man-suspected-of-throwing-rocks-at-officers-in-viral-video\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T16:49:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T20:49:58","slug":"authorities-arrest-man-suspected-of-throwing-rocks-at-officers-in-viral-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/authorities-arrest-man-suspected-of-throwing-rocks-at-officers-in-viral-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities arrest man suspected of throwing rocks at officers in viral video"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fauthorities-arrest-man-suspected-of-throwing-rocks-at-officers-in-viral-video%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2465830&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Federal authorities arrested Elpidio Reyna, a 39-year-old man suspected of throwing concrete blocks at law enforcement vehicles during violent anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) riots in Los Angeles in early june. Reyna surrendered to the FBI at the U.S.-Mexico border after fleeing the country while under investigation. The assault injured a federal officer and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-charged-after-video-shows-rampage-inside-a-nyc-mcdonalds-gets-released-from-jail-without-bail\/\" title=\"Man Charged After Video Shows Rampage Inside A NYC McDonald\u2019s, Gets Released From Jail Without Bail\">caused property damage<\/a>, and the incident was captured on viral video. The FBI and Customs and Border Protection led the investigation, emphasizing that violence against officers will not be tolerated. Reyna faces felony charges with a possible maximum federal prison sentence of eight years. one of the officers attacked during the incident helped apprehend him.The unrest prompted the deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">support law enforcement<\/a> during the riots.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Authorities arrest man suspected of throwing rocks at officers in viral video during LA riots<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2179184\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Federal authorities arrested the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3436440\/suspect-threw-cinderblocks-ice-vehicles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"man suspected\">man suspected<\/a> of throwing rocks at law enforcement vehicles during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3447165\/why-anti-ice-protests-not-as-prevailing-as-blm-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"anti-ICE riots\">anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement riots<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"anti-ICE riots\">Los Angeles<\/a> early last month.<\/p>\n<p>The wanted man, identified as 39-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/wanted\/additional\/elpidio-reyna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Elpidio Reyna\">Elpidio Reyna<\/a>, surrendered himself to the FBI at the southern border on Wednesday morning. He was in the Mexican government&rsquo;s custody after he fled the United States when FBI agents started searching for him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3480156\/bondi-told-trump-name-in-epstein-files\/\">Bondi told Trump in May that his name was in Epstein files: Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3479953\/candace-owens-brigitte-macron-man-lawsuit\/\">Macrons file lawsuit against conservative commentator Candace Owens over claims French president&#8217;s wife is a man<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3479976\/judge-orders-kilmar-abrego-garcia-released-from-custody\/\">Judge orders Abrego Garcia released from custody as Trump administration is blocked from quickly deporting him<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>FBI Director Kash Patel and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino both announced Reyna&rsquo;s arrest on social media. The FBI Los Angeles field office, the FBI San Diego field office, and Customs and Border Protection led the weekslong investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI &ldquo;will never tolerate violence against those who serve and protect this country,&rdquo; Patel <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FBIDirectorKash\/status\/1948069836585677270\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To anyone who thinks they can attack federal officers and hide behind a mask or helmet, Reyna&rsquo;s arrest today proves we can find and charge anyone who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/group-our-vote-matters-is-suing-facebook-dominion-mark-zuckerberg-certain-state-officials-others-for-infringing-upon-right-to-vote-assemble-and-speak-freely-you-can-jo\/\" title=\"Group \u201cOur Vote Matters\u201d Is Suing Facebook, Dominion, Mark Zuckerberg, Certain State Officials, Others for Infringing Upon Right to Vote, Assemble and Speak Freely \u2013 You Can Join Too\">violates federal law<\/a>. Don&rsquo;t touch our officers,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/USAttyEssayli\/status\/1948056678504767913\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"warned\">warned<\/a> U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli, whose office is overseeing the prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>Reyna is accused of throwing concrete blocks at law enforcement on June 7 in Paramount, California, injuring a federal officer and damaging government vehicles. He was charged with a felony the following day. His actions were recorded and went viral on social media at the time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UPDATE:<\/p>\n<p>You may remember Elpidio Reyna, a subject who allegedly threw rocks at federal officers during immigration operations in California June 7.<\/p>\n<p>We got him.<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested today at the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p>\n<p>Well done <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBILosAngeles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FBILosAngeles<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CBP<\/a> and all federal partners. <\/p>\n<p>More to&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zt0BP4Mkgb\">pic.twitter.com\/zt0BP4Mkgb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dan Bongino (@FBIDDBongino) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBIDDBongino\/status\/1948073725229691360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The alleged assault took place during violent clashes between anti-ICE rioters and law enforcement in Los Angeles. The civil unrest prompted the Trump administration to deploy thousands of National Guard soldiers and Marines to the city to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >assist federal agents<\/a> and local police.<\/p>\n<p>After fleeing California, Reyna was apprehended in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. His headshot and description were widely publicized in the U.S. and Mexico before his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>One of the officers whom Reyna attacked helped take him into custody earlier Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3476401\/illegal-immigrant-federally-charged-for-faking-ice-kidnapping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT FEDERALLY CHARGED FOR FAKING ICE 'KIDNAPPING'\">ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT FEDERALLY CHARGED FOR FAKING ICE &lsquo;KIDNAPPING&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He was taken into custody by a U.S. Border Patrol officer who was inside one of the vehicles damaged in the attack &mdash; a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-judge-bans-thin-blue-line-clothing-for-court-employees\/\" title=\"Maryland Judge Bans \u2018Thin Blue Line\u2019 Clothing For Court Employees\">brave law enforcement officer<\/a> who could have been killed in last month&rsquo;s dangerous and reckless attack,&rdquo; Essayli noted.<\/p>\n<p>The defendant made his initial appearance in a Los Angeles court Wednesday afternoon. If convicted, he could face a statutory maximum penalty of eight years in federal prison for the crime.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2179184\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2179184\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man arrested for throwing rocks at officers during LA riots<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2465831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/riots.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5175,3967,59751],"class_list":["post-2465830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-arrest","tag-police","tag-rock-throwing-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/riots.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2465830"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2465834,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465830\/revisions\/2465834"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2465831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2465830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2465830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2465830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}