Three separate people from the states of Washington, Illinois, and California have been charged in U.S. District Court of Minnesota with making threats against federal law enforcement officers, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen last week.
A Washington state woman, an Illinois man, and a California man have each been separately charged with making threats of violence against federal law enforcement officers in connection to the Jan. 14, 2026, riot in north Minneapolis that resulted in damage to FBI-owned vehicles and theft of government property, including documents containing federal employees’ phone numbers, email addresses, home addresses, and driver’s license numbers.
Washington woman Brenna Marie Doyle, age 18, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on counts of threatening to murder a federal law enforcement officer, threatening to murder members of the law enforcement officer’s immediate family, and with interstate transmission of communications threatening to injure the federal agent and their immediate family members.
Illinois man Jose Alberto Ramirez, age 29, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on one count of interstate transmission of threats to injure a federal law enforcement officer.
California man James Patrick Lyons, age 45, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on five counts of interstate transmission of threats to injure five federal law enforcement officers.
Key elements from each of the U.S. attorney’s three press releases, along with local reports from last month, detail that on Jan. 14, 2026, a large group of protesters gathered near 24th and Lyndale Avenue North, following reports that federal officers had shot a man during an immigration enforcement action.
The scene turned chaotic, and some protesters eventually became destructive, breaking into FBI vehicles that had been left behind at the scene. FBI personnel were on scene to investigate the officer-involved shooting and not for any immigration enforcement, according to the U.S. attorney.
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From the scene in north Minneapolis in the aftermath of a non-fatal Fed-involved shooting before 7 p.m.ICE agents reportedly attempted to arrest an illegal alien who resisted, when they were attacked by bystanders with a shovel and broom handle.
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— CrimeWatchMpls (@CrimeWatchMpls) January 15, 2026
In addition to the documents containing personal information of five FBI special agents, the vandals also stole weapons, ammunition, and other government-owned equipment from the vehicles.
The personal information of the FBI special agents was confiscated by vandals and was broadcast on the internet by live-streamers present at the gathering and riot.
Key statements from the press releases, relative to each suspect, respectively:
“One of the individuals whose personal information was confiscated and broadcast on the Internet was an FBI Special Agent. On January 16, 2026, the Special Agent received a series of threatening voicemail messages on their government-issued cell phone. Subsequent investigation identified the phone number associated with three of those threatening calls as belonging to Brenna Marie Doyle. The voicemail messages threatened to kill the Special Agent and members of their immediate family.”
“One of the individuals whose personal information had been compromised and broadcast on the Internet was an FBI Special Agent, who began receiving a series of threatening texts and voicemails on their government-issued cell phone on January 15, 2026, and for several days thereafter. A subsequent investigation identified the phone number associated with one particular voicemail and two particular threatening text messages sent to the Special Agent as belonging to Jose Alberto Ramirez. The messages asserted that the caller/sender knew where the Special Agent’s parents and children lived and advised the Special Agent to ‘get home safe and fast.’”
“On January 18, 2026, those five Special Agents received a series of threatening text messages on their government-issued cell phones. Subsequent FBI investigation identified the phone number associated with one particular threatening text message received by the Special Agents as belonging to James Patrick Lyons. All five text messages used similar language and asserted in part that the sender knew who the Special Agents were and where to find them.”
In related news, acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Todd Lyons said Friday that officials are investigating whether two federal officers lied under oath about the incident on Jan. 14 that led to an illegal immigrant being shot in the leg.
Lyons said a review of the case, which includes a look at video evidence, revealed the officers appeared to make “untruthful statements” about the incident while under oath. He did not indicate which part of their testimonies were untruthful.
Additionally, the FBI is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for the recovery of the government property stolen in the Jan. 14 riot or for information leading to the arrest of at least 10 alleged suspects involved in the destruction or thefts.
The #FBI is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to the arrest of individuals responsible for the destruction and theft of government property in Minneapolis, MN, on January 14, 2026.
👉Have tips? Contact 1-800-CALL-FBI (225-5324) or submit tips at… pic.twitter.com/o0tiBqXFrQ
— FBI Minneapolis (@FBIMinneapolis) February 12, 2026
Anyone with information is urged to contact 1-800-CALL-FBI (225-5324) or submit tips at http://tips.fbi.gov.
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