DETROIT (WILX) - Federal prosecutors in Michigan have charged a Venzeuelan immigrant with multiple crimes after he allegedly grabbed a Homeland Security agent’s weapon during a struggle outside of a Metro Detroit grocery store. In a criminal complaint filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, the feds detailed the March 4 incident involving 34-year-old Arnoldo Marquez-Pulido.He is charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding officers and being an illegal immigrant in possession of a firearm.The criminal complaint says agents and officers assigned to the Homeland Security Task Force were conducting surveillance at a Sam’s Club store in Utica — about 25 miles north of Detroit — last Wednesday. The task force was “acting on information that illegal aliens were working as delivery drivers at that location,” according to the complaint.After agents spotted a car registered to Marquez-Pulido, they checked law enforcement databases and determined he is a citizen of Venezuela currently living in the U.S. illegally, according to the complaint.The feds say Agents began to follow Marquez-Pulido after he left the area and tried to conduct a traffic stop when he pulled into a nearby business, but he fled “at a high rate of speed.” The agents disengaged the chase, but continued to follow him from a distance, but lost sight of his car, according to the complaint.As he was returning to Sam’s Club, a task force agent saw Marquez-Pulido’s vehicle and followed it back to the Sam’s Club parking lot. Marquez-Pulido pulled up to the southeast corner of the business, abandoned his vehicle in the travel lane, and tried to run away, according to the criminal complaint. Authorities say the agent pursued Marquez-Pulido, while identifying himself and giving commands to stop, as he tried to enter Sam’s Club. The agent tackled Marquez-Pulido just outside the store and tried to arrest him. But, according to the complaint, Marquez-Pulido “refused to comply with commands and began to fight with the Special Agent.” During the struggle, Marquez-Pulido hit the agent on his left cheek with his elbow, then reached for the agent’s service firearm, a Glock Model 19 pistol, which was in a holster on the agent’s duty belt. “Marquez-Pulido possessed the holstered firearm in his hand and pulled it toward himself. Marquez-Pulido engaged the holster release lever, removing the firearm from the holster. He lost control of the firearm as the Special Agent flipped him over, and the firearm fell to the ground beside them,” the complaint says.That’s when additional Task Force officers and agents arrived on scene to assist. An officer recovered and secured the firearm from the ground. Marquez-Pulido “continued to forcibly resist and had to be restrained,” according to the complaint.While authorities have not released video of the incident, the complaint included “screenshots of video” from inside Sam’s Club showing Marquez-Pulido hitting the special agent in the cheek, grabbing for the agent’s gun and losing control of the gun.Screenshot of Video Showing Marquez-Puldio striking the Special Agent’s cheek with his elbow(U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan)Screenshot of Marquez-Pulido reaching for and grasping the Special Agent’s firearm(U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan)Screenshot of Marquez-Pulido pulling the Special Agent’s firearm from its holster(U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan)Screenshot of Video Showing Marquez-Puldio losing control of the firearm(U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan)The feds say the special agent suffered a contusion to his elbow, abrasions on his knees and hands and a contusion to his right cheek. Another agent suffered a contusion to his knee. Both agents were treated and released at the hospital.James Ratobylski, the Homeland Security Investigations agent who filed the complaint, said he reviewed documents and conducted immigration database queries that revealed Marquez-Pulido applied for admission to the U.S. at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in California on April 23, 2024. “On that date, Marquez-Pulido admitted to being a citizen and national of Venezuela with no visa or other travel document which would allow him to enter the United States legally. On that date, Marquez-Pulido was paroled into the United States until April 18, 2025, and given a notice to appear for removal proceedings before an Immigration Judge,” the complaint says.Marquez-Pulido appeared before an immigration judge in December 2024 and he requested time to consult with an attorney. Marquez-Pulido “remains in removal proceedings,” according to Ratobylski, but he says “there is no evidence that Marquez-Pulido has received any form of lawful status in the United States.”There is no word on Marquez-Pulido’s next court proceedings.Stream News 10 on your favorite devices! Here’s how to download the WILX app on Roku, Fire TV or Apple TV.Be the first to see the Mid-Michigan headlines you care about – download the News 10 mobile app and subscribe to our News 10 newsletter and YouTube page to receive the latest local news and weather.Copyright 2026 WILX. All rights reserved.