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Judge Sentences Woman to $25 Fine for Assaulting Federal Officers During Minneapolis Raid
A federal judge ordered 28-year-old Isabel Lopez to pay a $25 fine with no prison time or probation after she pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge. Washington Examiner reported the outcome of the Tuesday sentencing hearing in Minneapolis.
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A federal judge in Minnesota sentenced 28-year-old Isabel Lopez on Tuesday to pay a $25 fine and no prison time or probation for a misdemeanor assault charge. Washington Examiner reported that Judge John Tunheim, appointed by former President Bill Clinton, accepted Lopez's guilty plea to one Class A misdemeanor count of assaulting or impeding a federal officer.
Lopez had originally faced three felony counts of assaulting, resisting or impeding federal officers plus one felony count of obstructing law enforcement during a civil disorder.
The charges stemmed from a June 3, 2025, multi-agency narcotics operation in Minneapolis involving the FBI, DEA, IRS and DHS. Washington Examiner reported that Lopez struck a SWAT agent with a closed fist, kicked him and threw a softball at responding officers. She later punched an FBI agent in the head during an arrest attempt days afterward.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Rebecca Kline requested one year of probation, stating at sentencing that federal law enforcement must be able to do their jobs without fear that citizens will come off the street and assault them for simply engaging in a lawful search warrant. Tunheim noted the absence of serious injuries to the agents while acknowledging injuries to community members that day.
Lopez, who has been out of jail on supervised release since June 2025, said after the hearing that she was honestly really surprised by the outcome. Tunheim told Lopez that she had suffered the sentence already in many respects and that the matter would be over once she paid the $25.
Misdemeanor assault on or impediment of a federal officer carries a maximum sentence of one year in federal prison, fines of up to $100,000 and five years of probation. Washington Examiner reported that Tunheim has issued related rulings this year on DHS detention practices in Minnesota under the Post-Admission Refugee Reverification and Integrity Strengthening program, including an order in January to stop detaining refugee claimants and a February ruling against dissolving a temporary restraining order.
