Several of the anti-Border Patrol agitators arrested in Minnesota have criminal records, including one who beat up a pregnant woman.
Protestors gathered outside the SpringHill Suites by Marriott in Maple Grove, where they believed Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino was staying. It didn’t take long for things to devolve, and police moved in to declare the gathering an unlawful assembly. According to authorities, agitators allegedly began damaging property and throwing objects, which resulted in several arrests.
“The Maple Grove Police Department respects and upholds the First Amendment rights of individuals to peacefully assemble and express their views. Our priority remains the safety and security of all residents, visitors, and property within our community,” police noted in a statement to KSTP. “At that point, the activity was no longer considered peaceful. Individuals participating in criminal acts are not protected under the First Amendment and were subject to arrest.”
Fox News reported on the rap sheets of some of the arrestees, including Justin Neal Shelton, who was booked on obstruction charges.
“In 2007, Shelton pleaded guilty to a charge of first-degree aggravated robbery after prosecutors said he beat up a pregnant woman while he and another individual were trying to steal her car, according to the Pioneer Press,” the outlet reported.
When she asked Shelton and his associate to leave, they pushed her onto the ground and assaulted her, even hitting her with a bottle. Luckily, the unborn child was not harmed during the attack, and Shelton was sentenced to five years in prison. Records also indicate that as recently as October 2020, he was “convicted of possessing a firearm or ammunition after committing a violent crime, court records show.”
And then there’s 45-year-old Abraham Nelson Coleman, who was booked on damage to property.
Since 2003, Coleman has been arrested for:
- Theft x3
- Felony Theft
- Damage to Property x3
Jaylynn Marie Rodriguez, 24, was hit with riot charges as the result of her arrest.
“According to her LinkedIn, Rodriguez is a 1L student at the University of Minnesota Law School. She attended Macalester College with a BA in sociology. While at Macalester College, she was a cultural programming coordinator for the Latinx Student Union and program assistant for the Lealtad-Suzuki Center for Social Justice,” Fox News reported.
Also arrested on charges of riot was 21-year-old Rayna Michelle Alston, who proudly boasts “disrupt disturb resist” in her Instagram biography.
A recently shared Instagram story promotes a “Nationwide shutdown” on January 30 with the instructions “No work. No School. No Shopping.”
Josephine Jay Guilbeau, 37, also caught a riot charge, and apparently, it’s not her first time as a disruptor.
“She was escorted out of a U.S. Senate hearing in September after she allegedly disrupted the hearing and accused committee members of being “complicit” in genocide in Israel, according to Democracy Now,” the outlet wrote. “Guilbeau posted an Instagram video on Monday night showing her with agitators, calling the police response a ‘military operation.'”
Other arrests include:
- Freya Ebbesen, 23, on charges of riot
- Cashmere Hamilton-Grunau, 19, on charges of riot
- John Linden Gribble, 40, on charges of riot
- Samantha Faye Muchowski, 24, on charges of riot
- Baley Rae Schlosser, 26, on charges of riot
- Sarah Nicole Workman, 28, on charges of riot
- Oliver Kilgore Jones, 27, on charges of damage to property
- Megan Ashley Larson, 24, on charges of riot
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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