HOUSTON – A Houston woman who threatened a federal agent with a machete back in 2025 has been sentenced to 14 months in prison.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Jennifer Jesselle Perez-Rodriguez, 29, pleaded guilty June 11.
U.S. District Judge Sim Lake ordered Perez-Rodriguez to serve 14 months in federal prison to be immediately followed by three years of supervised release.
The incident happened in April 2025 near Milan Drive and East Anderson Drive as federal agents concluded a welfare check for unaccompanied children at a nearby trailer park.
On April 17, 2025 members of law enforcement were traveling on East Anderson Road when Perez-Rodriguez walked into the roadway wielding a machete. She began swinging the weapon and advanced toward two of the vehicles.
Authorities activated a siren in one of those vehicles as Perez-Rodriguez began running toward them with the machete. As she continued to advance, an FBI agent opened the door of his vehicle and ordered Perez-Rodriguez to drop the machete. She did not comply.
The agent then discharged his duty weapon at Perez-Rodriguez until she no longer posed a threat. The gunfire struck Perez-Rodriguez, and authorities transported her to a hospital for medical treatment.
Perez-Rodriguez has been and will remain in custody pending transfer to a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future.
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