Border patrol agent arrested for aggravated assault for pointing loaded gun at Boise man’s head

Source: Idaho Statesman

A 32-year-old border patrol agent with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is charged with aggravated assault after Ada County prosecutors say he put a Boise man in a headlock and pointed a loaded handgun at his head early Sunday.

Prosecutors say Israel Eureste, who is from Douglas, Arizona, was in the Boise area visiting family members when he got into a confrontation with the victim.

Boise police were called to a home in the 1200 block of South Lincoln Avenue around 3 a.m. Sunday to investigate a report of a fight. The victim told police he got into an argument with Euresete about broken beer bottles in the street. Eureste put him in a headlock, pulled out and pointed the gun at the man’s head and told him he could pull the trigger because he was a federal agent, according to court testimony.

Prosecutors say Eureste then put the gun away before pulling it out and pointing it at the victim a second time before police arrived, according to court records.

Read more: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/08/07/2221302/prosecutor-federal-ice-agent-arrested.html

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