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Four days ago, a federal judge allowed Mr. Markle to remain out of custody pending trial. He was ordered to wear a location monitoring device. He allegedly cut the bracelet off at 1:45 a.m. last night. Release conditions are court orders, not suggestions. We are asking the court to revoke his release and detain him pending trial, and we will continue to prosecute this case to the fullest extent of the law.
Thomas Wayne Markle, 82, of Lakeland, Florida, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint filed in our district that charges him with possession of child pornography, a felony that carries a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison.
An affidavit filed with the complaint details that @FBI was notified that Markle possessed child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and rented two storage units in the Los Angeles area. After obtaining a judicially approved warrant, @FBILosAngeles special agents searched the units and seized approximately 78 items, including slides, film negatives, and books that contained suspected CSAM.
Three of the images described in the affidavit featured Thomas Markle and minor victims.
These allegations are serious and disturbing. We intend to prosecute Markle to the fullest extent of federal law.
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Last week, @HSILosAngeles honored Assistant U.S. Attorneys Chelsea Norell, Mirelle Raza, and Rahul Hari with the Prosecutor of the Year award at the annual HSI Los Angeles Awards. The AUSAs were recognized for their work on Operation Broken Blade, a sex-trafficking enforcement action that resulted in 21 arrests and the identification of more than 50 victims, including children as young as 14 years old. (From left to right: AUSAs Norell, Raza, Hari, and HSI Resident Agent in Charge Nicholas DeSimone.)
This is a false narrative. ICE agents were not “blocking” the ambulance entrance, the agitators were. The agents were holding the line, protecting the hospital and their personnel from being overrun by the mob dispatched by political activists.
Community members and advocates gathered outside Adventist Health White Memorial Medical Center in Boyle Heights on Saturday after a tense confrontation involving ICE agents. The hospital's president said agents entered with a patient needing care and that LAPD was called after federal agents blocked the ambulance entrance.
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Inauguration Day was my first day running the Justice Department’s Civil Division and today is my last. Thanks to President Trump, AG Bondi, and AG Blanche for trusting me with the Justice Department’s largest litigation component. And thanks to the countless friends and colleagues at the Justice Department and throughout the federal government who helped me along the way.
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The United States Marshals Service, Central District of California, welcomed Acting United States Marshal Anthony A. Chrysanthis, who was sworn in by the Honorable Dolly M. Gee, Chief United States District Judge for the Central District of California.
#USMarshals
ALT The United States Marshals Service, Central District of California, welcomed Acting United States Marshal Anthony A. Chrysanthis, who was sworn in by the Honorable Dolly M. Gee, Chief United States District Judge for the Central District of California.
ALT The United States Marshals Service, Central District of California, welcomed Acting United States Marshal Anthony A. Chrysanthis, who was sworn in by the Honorable Dolly M. Gee, Chief United States District Judge for the Central District of California.
ALT The United States Marshals Service, Central District of California, welcomed Acting United States Marshal Anthony A. Chrysanthis, who was sworn in by the Honorable Dolly M. Gee, Chief United States District Judge for the Central District of California.
ALT The United States Marshals Service, Central District of California, welcomed Acting United States Marshal Anthony A. Chrysanthis, who was sworn in by the Honorable Dolly M. Gee, Chief United States District Judge for the Central District of California.
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A Message from the Chief
“The decision to commute the death sentences of the killers of Fallen Riverside Police Detective Charles ‘Doug’ Jacobs III and Fallen Riverside Police Officer Ryan Patrick Bonaminio brings renewed pain to families who have endured unimaginable loss. As your Police Chief, I am deeply disappointed and angry about the additional hurt this decision brings them.
Yesterday marked exactly 16 years since Ryan was murdered on November 7, 2010. A time to honor his life and surround his family with love instead carried the added weight of this announcement.
Doug was murdered on January 13, 2001, more than 25 years ago. Both men were protecting Riverside when their lives were taken in cowardly acts of violence. Their families live with empty chairs, missed milestones, and the ache of what should have been.
For Tammy, Nicholas, Rachel, Cathy, Raymond, Tara and the Jacobs family, and Joe, Gerri, Nicole, Christopher and the Bonaminio family, this is far more than a change in punishment. It reopens wounds and forces them to relive the brutal murders of people they love.
Juries heard the evidence, convicted both killers, and returned death verdicts. In Doug’s case, two separate juries reached that penalty decision years apart. The families endured those proceedings and painful accounts of their loved ones’ final moments. They should never have to wonder whether their suffering or those judgments matter.
Our RPD family and community share this grief and frustration, but the greatest burden belongs to the families. Whatever your views on the death penalty, these surviving families deserve compassion, support, and to be heard.
To the Jacobs and Bonaminio families: We love you. Does your RPD family still stand beside you? Absolutely we do. You do not have to carry this pain alone. Our responsibility to you did not end after the funerals or trials, and it will not end now.
Doug and Ryan’s lives, service, and sacrifice will always matter. We will speak their names, honor their memories, and stand with the people they left behind.”
- Larry V. Gonzalez
Chief of Police
Riverside Police Department
Listen to a state lawmaker asking hospitals to deny healthcare access to immigration detainees. ICE had someone in custody needing medical attention. Agitators showed up, tried to mob the agents, and now complain about the disruption they caused. These obstructive tactics won't deter federal officers, they will only draw a larger response from law enforcement and increase the number of arrests.
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🚨Despite the LA mayor elect’s political grandstanding, ICE will not back down from protecting American communities. On Nov. 6, ICE Los Angeles arrested two criminal illegal aliens from Honduras after local authorities declined to honor an ICE detainer. 🧵
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Supreme Ct in 2020: “Congress has no enumerated constitutional power to conduct investigations”—& those “conducted solely for the personal aggrandizement of the investigators or to punish those investigated ARE INDEFENSIBLE”
But Garcia wants to investigate bc of “gay pettiness”
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NEW: Not even a week after Election Day, @USAttyEssayli fires back at LA Mayor-elect @nithyavraman over Friday night's @ICEgov incident at White Memorial hospital in Boyle Heights.
Raman says agents blocked ER entry. Essayli says they brought a detainee for treatment and two protesters were charged with assaulting officers.
I know you're new to this, but facts matter. ICE was there to get medical treatment for a detainee who requested to see a doctor. I assume you support federal agents providing medical care to illegal immigrants in custody?
These agitators created a dangerous situation for the public and law enforcement. Law enforcement will never back down to thugs, so efforts to intimidate ICE will fail. They called for backup, controlled the scene, and arrested two individuals who assaulted federal agents.
As a public official, you should know the applicable laws. Agents are enforcing federal immigration laws passed by Congress. As mayor, you have no say in federal affairs. It's called the Supremacy Clause. I can send you a copy of the U.S. Constitution if you'd like to study up.
When you talk about immigrants, please distinguish between legal and illegal immigrants. I'm the son of legal immigrants. Our family followed the law, was welcomed with open arms, and is proud to be law-abiding Americans. The two are not the same.
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MORE: @USAttyEssayli takes aim at LA mayor-elect @nithyavraman over ICE operations in Boyle Heights, telling her “facts matter” and that she “has no say in federal affairs.”
Essayli invokes the Supremacy Clause, defends federal agents’ actions and challenges Raman to distinguish between legal and illegal immigrants.
I know you're new to this, but facts matter. ICE was there to get medical treatment for a detainee who requested to see a doctor. I assume you support federal agents providing medical care to illegal immigrants in custody?
These agitators created a dangerous situation for the public and law enforcement. Law enforcement will never back down to thugs, so efforts to intimidate ICE will fail. They called for backup, controlled the scene, and arrested two individuals who assaulted federal agents.
As a public official, you should know the applicable laws. Agents are enforcing federal immigration laws passed by Congress. As mayor, you have no say in federal affairs. It's called the Supremacy Clause. I can send you a copy of the U.S. Constitution if you'd like to study up.
When you talk about immigrants, please distinguish between legal and illegal immigrants. I'm the son of legal immigrants. Our family followed the law, was welcomed with open arms, and is proud to be law-abiding Americans. The two are not the same.
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NEW: @USAttyEssayli responds to LA mayor-elect @nithyavraman’s comments on ICE agents in Boyle Heights.
Essayli says federal officers were taking an immigration detainee to the hospital when protesters arrived to “harass and obstruct” them. He says two U.S. citizens were arrested and charged with assaulting a federal officer.
Essayli says, “Protest and yell all you want. Once the line is crossed from protesting to assaulting or impeding, you will be arrested and charged.”
NEW: In her first post since becoming LA mayor-elect, @nithyavraman weighs in on ICE agents in Boyle Heights, alleging they were “obstructing emergency room entry.”
Raman says Tuesday’s election sent President Trump a clear message to “get ICE out of our cities and states,” and she vows to ensure city resources never help ICE “terrorize our neighbors.”
I know you're new to this, but facts matter. ICE was there to get medical treatment for a detainee who requested to see a doctor. I assume you support federal agents providing medical care to illegal immigrants in custody?
These agitators created a dangerous situation for the public and law enforcement. Law enforcement will never back down to thugs, so efforts to intimidate ICE will fail. They called for backup, controlled the scene, and arrested two individuals who assaulted federal agents.
As a public official, you should know the applicable laws. Agents are enforcing federal immigration laws passed by Congress. As mayor, you have no say in federal affairs. It's called the Supremacy Clause. I can send you a copy of the U.S. Constitution if you'd like to study up.
When you talk about immigrants, please distinguish between legal and illegal immigrants. I'm the son of legal immigrants. Our family followed the law, was welcomed with open arms, and is proud to be law-abiding Americans. The two are not the same.
Last night, @EROLosAngeles took an immigration detainee to the hospital for medical treatment. Shortly after, agitators arrived to harass and obstruct federal officers, who did not back down and called for backup.
Two agitators (U.S. citizens) were arrested and charged under 18 U.S.C. § 111 for assaulting a federal officer.
Protest and yell all you want. Once the line is crossed from protesting to assaulting or impeding, you will be arrested and charged. We have charged over 100 such cases to date.
Rabid Responders Get Violent and Aggressive With ICE Agents in a Boyle Heights Hospital Parking Lot
Here's another angle from White Memorial Medical Center in Boyle Heights overnight. This group of people get violent and aggressive against ICE agents in the parking lot.
One Rabid Responder in a "We didn't cross the borders" shirt gets in an agent's face, and it turns physical.
Seconds later, a line of more than 10 agents in helmets and plate carriers pushes the crowd back off the ambulance entrance while people scream "What the f***?" and "F*** you!" at them.
Local reports identify the agents as ICE, and say they were at the hospital waiting for a patient to be released. LAPD was reportedly called over the blocked ambulance entrance, and you can see their lights flashing in the background.
Why isn't RINO Mullin having these people arrested and charged?
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The FBI sends condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of Police Officer, Thomas Denton, who died in the line of duty on November 5, 2026. Officer Denton served with the Los Angeles Police Department for more than 20 years and was assigned to the LAPD's Metropolitan Division. #EndOfWatch
We dismissed the case because the court rejected our demands to sequester the ballots, and the election is now over. Our efforts to restore confidence and integrity in elections continue. We will pursue every civil and criminal remedy to ensure only eligible American citizens vote in American elections. We filed a Statement of Interest in a separate case to compel California's compliance with federal election laws. We will continue to investigate and prosecute those who violate election laws.
The Justice Department moves to dismiss its lawsuit demanding California set aside ballots allegedly sent to noncitizens, days after Republicans’ significant losses in the midterm elections. apnews.com/article/californi…
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The Chief of Staff already has a lawyer. The Attorney General of the United States and the Department of Justice.
Official statement from incoming Oversight Chairman @RepRobertGarcia on Stephen Miller being announced as White House Chief of Staff:
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Thomas Markle of Lakeland, Florida, has been arrested and charged with possessing child sexual abuse material. The investigation highlights the tenacity and expertise that was required of the FBI and our international law enforcement partners to bring this case to justice.
Read more here: justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/tho…
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🚨 Thomas Wayne Markle, 82, of Lakeland, Florida, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint alleging he kept child sexual abuse material (CSAM), including sexually explicit photographs of himself with prepubescent girls, in two Los Angeles-area storage units he rented for nearly two decades.
If convicted, Markle would face a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison.
Thomas Wayne Markle, 82, of Lakeland, Florida, arrested on federal criminal complaint charging him with possessing sexually explicit images of himself with minor girls justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/tho…
Thomas Wayne Markle, 82, of Lakeland, Florida, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint filed in our district that charges him with possession of child pornography, a felony that carries a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison.
An affidavit filed with the complaint details that @FBI was notified that Markle possessed child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and rented two storage units in the Los Angeles area. After obtaining a judicially approved warrant, @FBILosAngeles special agents searched the units and seized approximately 78 items, including slides, film negatives, and books that contained suspected CSAM.
Three of the images described in the affidavit featured Thomas Markle and minor victims.
These allegations are serious and disturbing. We intend to prosecute Markle to the fullest extent of federal law.