{"id":504139,"date":"2026-10-22T11:36:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T11:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/504139\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T11:36:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T11:36:29","slug":"off-duty-ice-agent-allowed-to-post-37000-bail-in-assault-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/504139\/","title":{"rendered":"Off-duty ICE agent allowed to post $37,000 bail in assault case"},"content":{"rendered":"

An off-duty ICE agent who is charged with felony assault involving a Tower District homeowner and his daughter was allowed to bail out of jail Tuesday.<\/p>\n

David Gonzalez III is expected to be released from the Fresno County jail after posting bail of $37,000. The judge allowed him to return to his native Texas to await further court hearings, said his attorney Brian Andritch.<\/p>\n

Gonzalez was arrested<\/a> early on Oct. 9 after he was discovered, unconscious, on the front lawn of a home near Dudley Avenue and Broadway Street. The woman who lives in the home notified her 72-year-old father, the homeowner. Her father woke up Gonzalez, who then allegedly attacked the man.<\/p>\n

\"ICE ICE agent David Gonzalez III, 32, was arrested Oct. 9 in Fresno and is accused of assaulting a 72-year-old homeowner. He pleaded not guilty to the four charges against him. Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office <\/p>\n

Police said the homeowner\u2019s daughter try to help her father, but Gonzalez allegedly pushed her to the ground. The homeowner, who was armed, shot Gonzalez once before the agent was arrested, police said.<\/p>\n

Gonzalez appeared in court Tuesday in a jail jumpsuit and a wheelchair as he recovers from his injuries. He is charged with felony assault, causing injury to an elder adult, vandalism and one misdemeanor charge of battery.<\/p>\n

He has pleaded not guilty<\/a> to all the charges. If convicted, he faces a maximum of 4 years and 8 months.<\/p>\n

His next court appearance will be on Jan. 14, 2027.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published October 20, 2026 at 3:42 PM.<\/p>\n

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Robert Rodriguez<\/a><\/p>\n

The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n

A Valley native, Robert has worked at The Fresno Bee since 1994, covering various topics including education, business, courts and agriculture.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An off-duty ICE agent who is charged with felony assault involving a Tower District homeowner and his daughter…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-504139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}