ICE Agent Pleads Guilty to Battering a Protester at Illinois Gas Station
Adam Saracco received a year of court supervision after pleading guilty to misdemeanor battery in an off-duty gas station attack, prosecutors said.
- On Wednesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Adam Saracco pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery. Cook County Circuit Judge Owens J. Shelby sentenced Saracco to one year of supervision and ordered him to have no contact with the victim.
- The December 27, 2025, confrontation occurred at a Brookfield gas station after Robert Held, a local attorney, followed the off-duty agent from an ICE processing facility in Broadview. Held reported Saracco threw him to the ground while filming.
- Held argued the attack warranted a felony charge because he is over 60, but prosecutors rejected the request. Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke stated her office must "evaluate evidence in a consistent manner to ensure everyone is treated equally."
- Saracco is the first federal agent charged in Cook County regarding conduct during Operation Midway Blitz. Burke stated the resolution "represents an important step for accountability" and that "no one is above the law—and that includes ICE agents."
- Earlier this week, 10 people filed police reports seeking investigations into alleged crimes involving immigration agents. Residents also marched into Chicago Police Department headquarters in North Center to report incidents stemming from the deportation campaign.
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ICE agent pleads guilty to battering a protester at suburban gas station
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of battery for throwing a protester to the ground while he filmed the agent on his phone.
ICE agent pleads guilty to off-duty attack at Brookfield gas station
<p>A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent pleaded guilty Wednesday to an off-duty attack late last year at a gas station in west suburban Brookfield. </p><p>Adam Saracco, 41, was sentenced to a year of court supervision on a single misdemeanor count of battery during a brief hearing before Cook County Circuit Judge Owens J. Shelby.</p><p>Saracco was charged earlier this year after <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026…
Hanford Sentinel
ICE agent pleads guilty to battering a protester at Illinois gas station
CHICAGO — An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of battery for throwing a protester to the ground while he filmed the agent on his phone. Adam Saracco, 41, entered the plea during…
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ICE agent pleads guilty to battering a protester at Brookfield gas station
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of battery for throwing a protester to the ground while he filmed the agent on his phone.
ICE agent pleads guilty in Brookfield battery case - Riverside-Brookfield Landmark
Adam Saracco, the ICE agent who was charged with misdemeanor battery for pushing lawyer and activist Robert Held to the ground in December 2025 at a gas station in Brookfield, has pleaded guilty. Saracco was sentenced to one year of court supervision on one count of misdemeanor battery on Wednesday, Aug. 12, nearly eight months since the incident late last year where Held said Saracco pushed him to the ground after he followed him to the Shell g…
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