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Feds: Soon-To-Be Deportee Sucker-Punches NJ ICE Agent Feds: Soon-To-Be Deportee Sucker-Punches NJ ICE Agent
Feds: Soon-To-Be Deportee Sucker-Punches NJ ICE Agent A Bulgarian national who was being kicked out of the U.S. sucker-punched an ICE officer at the agency's detention center in Elizabeth, authorities charged. Vasil Petrov, 40, connected with the officer's chin with a closed fist -- and without provocation -- at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Dec. 27, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. A struggle ensued, lasting about two minutes, before the officer, fellow officers and other employees subdued Petrov. The officer needed stitches to close a cut, the U.S. attorney s…

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