Border Patrol Agent Isaiah Anthony Hodgson died over overdose weeks after allegedly attacking Long Beach officer, report says
A U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of assaulting a Long Beach police officer died of an overdose weeks later at his parents' Riverside County home, the Long Beach Post reported.
According to the newspaper, Isaiah Hodgson's attorney told a Long Beach Superior Court judge that Hodgson died in August.
The body of Hodgson, 29, was found around 12:45 p.m. Aug. 22 when deputies responded to a home in the 25000 block of Avocet Circle in the unincorporated area of Hemet, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.
"When deputies arrived, they located the male and pronounced him deceased," sheriff's officials said in a statement. "Deputies did not locate any evidence of foul play."
Additional details about his details about the cause of death were not available.
Hodgson was reportedly one of the agents involved in an immigration raid in June in Pico Rivera in which Adrian Martinez -- a 20-year-old U.S. citizen - was detained, according to Martinez's lawyer.
Hodgson was also charged with assaulting a Long Beach police officer and resisting arrest for a July 7 incident at the Shoreline Village parking lot.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office claimed Hodgson was "off-duty, intoxicated, and armed with a handgun" while at a restaurant. He allegedly entered the women's restroom and approached a woman who saw his handgun, according to a statement from the DA's office.
He left the restaurant soon after the woman alerted the manager that Hodgson was armed, the statement said.
The DA's office said Hodgson was allegedly approached by a security guard who saw Hodgson holding a firearm magazine and a firearm on his waistband.
Long Beach police officers responded to the scene and tried to detain Hodgson, but he refused to cooperate, according to authorities.
"As Hodgson resisted arrest, he allegedly became agitated and physical with the officers, injuring one of them," prosecutors said.
At the time of his death, Hodgson was facing several charges, including three felony counts of resisting arrest and one felony count of battery with injury on a peace officer.
An autopsy report is pending.
