Gregory Morgan Jr., an ICE employee deployed to Minneapolis during a surge of 3,000 federal police to assist in arresting illegal immigrants, has been charged with two counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon. His attorney, Ryan Pacyga, has claimed that the complaint’s claims contained inaccurate and incomplete information.
officer will reportedly turn himself in to police on Thursday after being charged last month for an incident that occurred during his deployment to An attorney for ICE employee Gregory Morgan Jr. said his client will surrender to authorities following the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office’s April announcement that it was charging him with two counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, ABC News The county attorney’s office stated that Morgan had been in his vehicle driving back to Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis at the end of a shift on Feb. 5 when another driver cut him off on the road while he was attempting to pass.
The complaint states that Morgan drove his unmarked SUV on the shoulder of the highway and pulled his firearm, brandished the gun, and pointed it at motorists in another vehicle, according to the complaint. Morgan’s lawyer, Ryan Pacyga, previously stated that the complaint’s claims contained “inaccurate and incomplete information.
” Morgan’s charge was the first filed against a federal immigration officer who was deployed to Minneapolis during a wintertime surge of 3,000 federal police to assist in arresting illegal immigrants across the sanctuary city. in connection with the nonfatal shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis in January. Castro faces four counts of second-degree assault and one misdemeanor count of falsely reporting a crime.
Castro is accused of firing his service weapon through the front door of a Minneapolis home on Jan. 14 and wounding a Venezuelan illegal immigrant inside. Castro and another officer had claimed that they were attacked with a shovel and broom, but video evidence showed no initial assault on the officers occurred.
ICE and federal law enforcement from Customs and Border Protection surged personnel to Minnesota in December 2025 through early February this year in an effort to find and arrest illegal immigrants with criminal records because local and state jails would not allow ICE to transfer them into federal custody in a jail setting.
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