Border Agent Faces Felonies, Linked to Prior Arrest

Isaiah Anthony Hodgson, a 29-year-old off-duty U.S. Border Patrol agent, has been charged with multiple felonies, including three counts of resisting an executive officer and one count of battery with injury on a peace officer, after a July 7 incident at a Long Beach restaurant. Prosecutors state Hodgson was intoxicated and armed when he entered a women’s restroom, alarming a patron and prompting intervention by staff and security. When police arrived, Hodgson allegedly resisted arrest and injured an officer. He has pleaded not guilty and was released on his own recognizance with conditions that include mandatory alcohol counseling and prohibitions on firearm possession and leaving California. Lawyers for Hodgson have also linked him to a recent controversial arrest of a U.S. citizen at a Pico Rivera Walmart, drawing additional scrutiny to his actions as a law enforcement officer. If convicted, Hodgson faces up to seven years in prison.