Riverside County Woman Found Guilty Of Stalking ICE Officer

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — A jury has found that two women — one from Riverside and the other from Colorado — doxxed a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officer.

Cynthia Raygoza, 38, of Riverside, and Ashleigh Brown, 38, of Aurora, Colorado, were found guilty late Friday of one count of stalking.

U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson scheduled a June 8 sentencing hearing, at which time Raygoza and Brown will each face up to five years in federal prison.

According to federal prosecutors, the doxxing occurred on August 28 of last year.

While dressed in black and concealing their faces with black masks, Raygoza and Brown followed the ICE officer from a federal building in downtown Los Angeles to his home, prosecutors said.

The defendants livestreamed the pursuit on their Instagram accounts and provided directions to the officer's home, encouraging viewers to share the livestream.

The Instagram accounts they used to livestream were “ice_out_of_la,” “defendmesoamericanculture,” and “corn_maiden_design.”

When they arrived in the officer's neighborhood, the defendants shouted to bystanders while livestreaming on Instagram that their “neighbor is ICE,” “la migra lives here,” and “ICE lives on your street and you should know.”

Raygoza also threatened to “pop” the officer, according to prosecutors.

Brown then publicly disclosed on Instagram an address, approximately 100 feet from the officer’s home, and told viewers, “Come on down.” In response, several people — also wearing masks — appeared outside the officer’s home, according to prosecutors.

The defendants allegedly directed racial slurs at the officer's wife, who was home with the couple's two young sons.

Both the officer's wife and a concerned neighbor called 911.

Prosecutors allege that the family suffered emotional distress as a result of the incident and that increased traffic from onlookers in the ensuing weeks led to the family's relocation to another county.

"The victim’s 3-year-old son, who has a disability, lost several social and health care benefits that were tied to his former county," prosecutors alleged.

Despite allegations that Raygoza and Brown disclosed the ICE agent's address, the jury found the women not guilty of one count of conspiracy to publicly disclose the personal information of a federal agent.

A third defendant, Samane Sandra Carmona, 25, of Panorama City, was acquitted of all charges.