A federal grand jury has indicted a Cal State Channel Islands professor on an assault charge in connection with the federal immigration raid on a cannabis farm in Camarillo in August.
Jonathan Caravello was part of a group of protesters outside Glass House Farms. At one point, a federal agency deployed tear gas canisters. Prosecutors say Caravello picked up one of the canisters and threw it back towards the agents.
But, witnesses told reporters at the time that a canister had rolled under the wheelchair of a protester, and that Caravello removed it and tossed it away. No injuries were reported in the incident.
Caravello was arrested and held at a federal facility for more than three days before being released on bail.
