2 Men Convicted of Robbing Off-Duty Secret Service Agent in Southern California
Published on October 31, 2024
Two men were convicted by a jury in Santa Ana, California, on Oct. 28 for robbing an off-duty U.S. Secret Service agent at gunpoint in a Tustin neighborhood, the Orange County district attorney’s office announced. A third defendant pleaded guilty in July for his role in the June 15 robbery, which took place after a celebrity campaign fundraiser for President Joe Biden hosted by Jimmy Kimmel in Los Angeles that afternoon. Secret Service agents were staying in a residential area known as Tustin Field 1 about 35 miles southeast of Los Angeles. Authorities say the agent was walking from his parked car at about 9:30 p.m. when Jamonte Fitzgerald Johnson, 32, of Fontana exited a gray SUV and approached him....