By Associated Press
March 24, 2011
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — An illegal immigrant from Mexico is accused of using a box cutter to threaten a deportation officer who was questioning him in Wichita.
A criminal complaint filed Thursday in federal court charges 31-year-old Jose Luis Ramirez-Rico with assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon.
According to court documents, agents from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement went to Ramirez-Rico's house in Wichita on March 17. He's accused of picking up a box cutter with the blade out and thrusting it toward ICE agent Gregorio Perez when questioned about his immigration status.
An affidavit states that Perez yelled at Ramirez Rico to "drop the knife," before agents wrestled him to the floor and disarmed him before anyone was hurt.
No defense attorney is yet listed in court records.
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