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A man and a woman are facing charges of assaulting a federal officer after Homeland Security Investigations agents tried to arrest the man Wednesday for overstaying his student visa. 

In an affidavit in support of the criminal complaint against Oluwadamilola Ogooluwa Bamigboye and Rekeya Lionesha Lee Frazier, FBI Special Agent Terry Getsch writes that the HSI agents were inside an unmarked Ford Explorer SUV surveilling Bamigboye’s Kia Optima, which was parked outside an apartment complex in Plymouth, Minn.

Frazier, 23, pulled up next to the Kia in a Jeep SUV with Bamigboye, 24, in the front passenger seat. When Bamigboye spotted the unmarked Explorer, he allegedly pulled a mask over his face and got out of the Jeep.

According to the FBI affidavit, the HSI agents walked up to the Jeep, displayed their badges, identified themselves as law enforcement officers and told Bamigboye that they wanted to talk about his immigration status. 

Bamigboye then allegedly jumped into the Jeep’s back seat and yelled at Frazier to drive away. 

One of the HSI agents got into the front seat of the Jeep in an effort to stop Frazier while  Bamigboye tried to push him out and a second agent tried to pull Bamigboye out of the back seat. 

Frazier allegedly put the vehicle in gear and drove off. The HSI agent “was now being involuntarily carried in the Jeep as it drove,” according to the FBI.

The HSI agent tried to put the Jeep in park, but Frazier continually pushed his hand away, allegedly threatened to crash the car and said that they were taking him to a police station.

The agent, who’s assigned to another HSI office and is in Minnesota on “temporary detail for an operation,” is unfamiliar with the Twin Cities, did not know where they were going, and “was in fear that he was being abducted.”

From the back seat, Bamigboye called 911, a detail confirmed in an incident report from the Plymouth Police Department. HSI agents pursued the Jeep from close behind with their lights and sirens on, “at one point inadvertently hitting it from behind in the snow.”

Even after the agent inside Frazier’s Jeep drew his gun and ordered her to pull over, she allegedly continued driving and stopped only after reaching the New Hope Police Department.

According to the affidavit, Bamigboye jumped out and ran into a Hy-Vee grocery store across the street while Frazier remained in her vehicle and was arrested only after other police officers arrived. 

Another HSI agent chased Bamigboye into the Hy-Vee, where a police officer found him in the back of the store, pulled out a taser, and ordered Bamigboye to get on the ground. When Bamigboye allegedly refused, the HSI agent “took Bamigboye to the ground and arrested him.” 

Both are being held in the Sherburne County Jail, where most federal defendants in the Twin Cities are held while in pretrial detention.

Frazier declined to speak to investigators. In an interview with authorities, Bamigboye allegedly denied that the agents showed their badges, but admitted telling Frazier to drive away. According to the affidavit, Bamigboye also said that he has PTSD from being kidnapped in his native Nigeria. 

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A man and a woman are facing charges of assaulting a federal officer after Homeland Security Investigations agents tried to arrest the man Wednesday for overstaying his student visa. The pair drove to police headquarters with the HSI agent “involuntarily” in Frazier’s vehicle.

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