An illegal alien has been charged with assaulting a federal officer after allegedly hitting a member of the U.S. Marshals Service with his truck, resulting in a standoff with law enforcement.
According to the federal complaint filed against Senel Galiano Sagastume, a Guatemalan citizen illegally residing in the U.S., the incident occurred after he was pulled over during a traffic stop initiated by law enforcement.
After having him pull off to the side of the road in his truck, officers asked Sagastume and his passenger to roll down their windows. When they refused to do so, the officers breached the truck windows.
At this point, Sagastume allegedly put the truck in drive and accelerated toward a U.S. marshal, wedging him between a law enforcement vehicle and the truck.
The incident caused the marshal bodily injury.
Sagastume fled the scene to a Richardson apartment complex and hid in an apartment. He was arrested following an hour-long standoff.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas reports that Sagastume remains in federal custody pending further court proceedings.
If convicted for the charge of forcibly assaulting a federal officer and inflicting bodily injury, Sagastume faces up to 20 years in federal prison.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Dallas Field Office and the U.S. Marshals Service.
