ICE officer Gregory Morgan Jr. voluntarily surrenders to Minneapolis police
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer will reportedly turn himself in to police on Thursday after being charged last month for an incident that occurred during his deployment to Minnesota as part of the agency’s Operation Midway Blitz.
TL;DR
- ICE officer Gregory Morgan Jr. is scheduled to surrender to police after being charged with two counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon.
- The charges relate to an incident on February 5th where Morgan allegedly displayed his firearm at motorists after being cut off.
- Morgan's attorney disputes the claims in the complaint.
- This is the first charge against a federal immigration officer deployed during a surge to Minneapolis.
- ICE officer Christian Castro was previously charged with assault and falsely reporting a crime in connection with a January shooting.
- Federal law enforcement deployed to Minnesota from December to February to arrest illegal immigrants with criminal records.
- Local jails reportedly would not allow ICE to transfer individuals into federal custody.