By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
An FBI agent caught on video assaulting a much smaller teenager and then pointing a gun at the victim remains on active duty despite an assault conviction stemming from the incident.
FBI Agent Gerald Rogero was off-duty outside of a high-rise apartment building in Chevy Chase, Md., when he struck the 15-year-old in the chest.
Rogero then pulled out a gun and placed the teen under arrest.
“If I have to shoot you, I will,” he said. “Don’t make me shoot you.”
Rogero, who served as a chief in the FBI’s counterterrorism division for nearly 20 years, was found guilty last week of second-degree assault, The Washington Post reports.
Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 20.
“At the end of the day, we are here because of the defendant’s conduct, off duty, while armed,” Assistant State’s Attorney John Lalos said.
Rogero’s attorney argued that the agent should be allowed to carry a gun.
“It’s clear that in order for him to continue to be an FBI agent, he needs to be armed 24 hours a day,” Marlon Griffith said.
