A U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of assaulting a Long Beach police officer died of an overdose weeks later at his parents' Riverside County home, the Long Beach Post reported. According to the newspaper, Isaiah Hodgson's attorney told a Long Beach Superior Court judge that Hodgson died in August. The body of Hodgson, 29, was found around 12:45 p.m. Aug. 22 when deputies responded to a home in the 25000 block of Avocet Circle in an unincorporated area near Hemet, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department. Hodgson was reportedly one of the agents involved in an immigration raid in June in Pico Rivera in which Adrian Martinez -- a 20-year-old U.S. citizen - was detained, according to Martinez's lawyer. Hodgson was also charged with assaulting a Long Beach police officer and resisting arrest for a July 7 incident at the Shoreline Village parking lot
Former Republican state legislator Austin Smith pleaded guilty Monday to what he previously called "ludicrous" charges that he personally forged more than 100 signatures on his petitions for reelection last year. read more
David Richardson, the acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), is leaving his post, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed Monday. read more
Andrew Johnson claimed to an alleged child molestation victim that Trump's pardon entitled him to multi-million dollar reparations. read more
An Indiana Senate Republican who President Donald Trump called out in a Truth Social post Sunday for not backing the White House's plan to draw new congressional maps was later targeted by a swatting, according to local authorities. read more
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