LONG BEACH, CA — A border patrol agent involved in multiple controversial arrests in Los Angeles County, including his own, died from an overdose, according to various news reports.
Isaiah Anthony Hodgson, 29, gained notoriety after being involved in the arrest of Adrian Martinez during an immigration enforcement raid outside of a Walmart in Pico Rivera in June.
Hodgson was one of many federal agents present at the arrest, but he was the only one whose face wasn’t covered. That would prove to have an impact on Hodgson, who, in bodycam footage of his arrest the following month, tells officers that he’s dealt with a lot of stress since the Walmart incident.
“I’ve made more than one f—ing mistake,” in footage obtained by the Long Beach Post. “Everyone just f—ing hates me here.”
Hodgson was arrested in Long Beach in July after drunkenly attacking a police officer, according to authorities. Moments earlier, he had been seen holding a gun on his waistband by a security guard, police said.
Hodgson was charged with three felony counts of resisting an executive officer; one felony count of battery with injury on a peace officer; one misdemeanor count of exhibiting a concealable firearm in public; one misdemeanor count of having a concealed firearm on a person; and one misdemeanor count of carrying a loaded firearm on one’s person, following his arrest.
He was found dead a month later at a home in Hemet, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. An autopsy has yet to be released, but according to the Long Beach Post, his attorney told a judge that he had fatally overdosed.