Charges dismissed against 3 arrested during protest at Broadview ICE facility

CHICAGO — A grand jury has refused to indict a Chicago couple who was arrested during a protest outside an ICE facility in Broadview.

31-year-old Ray Collins and his 30-year-old fiancée, Jocelyne Robledo, both of Chicago, were charged with felony assault of a federal officer after alleged interactions with agents outside the west suburban processing center on Sept. 27.

Both Collins and Robledo were accused of carrying loaded handguns. The couple is reportedly licensed to conceal carry and neither displayed nor used the weapons during the protest.

On Wednesday, prosecutors filed a motion to dismiss the case, suggesting that bringing it in the first place may have been an overreach.

“The old adage is that a good prosecutor could have a grand jury indictment return against a ham sandwich. Apparently they had less evidence than a ham sandwich,” said Collins’ attorney, Richard Kling. “The grand jurors from the Northern District obivously stood up for First Amendment right to protest, and also reject Gestapo-type troops on the streets of Chicago and neighborhood communties.”

Also on the docket for Wednesday, the case of Luci Mazur, who was also arrested on Sept. 27 outside the Broadview facilty.

Mazur was facing misdeamor charges and that case has also been dismissed without prejudice. 

“Honestly, I pictured a whole process in my head, especially after this. I was scheduled for an officer to come into my home, I had to do a drug test, I just had lots of anxiety. So once again, relieved and happy it’s over with,” Mazur told WGN News.

A total of 11 people were arrested on Sept. 27 and five were charged. 

Out of the five, only two are still facing charges — including 26-year-old Paul Ivery. Ivery has intellectual disabilities and was released on his own recognizance under minimal pre-trial supervision, due in part to an outpouring of support from his community.

Ivery is due back in court on Friday.