Border Patrol Officer Found Dead
RIVERSIDE (CNS) – A U.S. Border Patrol agent who was charged last month with assaulting a Long Beach police officer and resisting arrest has been found dead, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department reported Tuesday.
Sgt. Wenddy Brito-Gonzalez of the sheriff’s department said Isaiah Anthony Hodgson, 29, was found dead at 12:45 p.m. Friday in the 25000 block of Avocet Circle in Valle Vista, a suburb of Hemet.
Hodgson’s cause of death is unknown.
News and culture publication LA TACO first reported Hodgson’s death.
Hodgson was charged on July 11 with three felony counts of resisting an executive officer, one felony count of battery with injury on a peace officer and one misdemeanor count each of exhibiting a concealable firearm in public, having a concealed firearm on one’s person and carrying a loaded firearm on one’s person, according to the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office.
The incident occurred on July 7 at a restaurant in Shoreline Village in Long Beach, when Hodgson was off-duty and allegedly intoxicated when he entered the women’s restroom at the restaurant and approached a woman, who saw his handgun and firearm magazine and told the restaurant’s manager.
Long Beach police officers responded to the scene after getting a call about a person with a gun, and Hodgson allegedly became agitated and physical with the officers, with one being injured, according to the district attorney’s office
“As Hodgson resisted arrest, he allegedly became agitated and physical with the officers, injuring one of them,” Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said at the time.
“The conduct exhibited by Mr. Hodgson, a border patrol agent who has the duty to uphold the law and protect its citizens, is unacceptable and deeply troubling,” Hochman added. “None is above the law, regardless of their position or badge.”
Hodgson was released on July 9 on his own recognizance, court records show.
According to Fox 11, there is no evidence of foul play.
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