Public SafetyUpdated: Nov. 04, 2025, 8:37 a.m.Published: Nov. 03, 2025, 5:41 p.m.Federal prosecutors submitted these photos to a judge in a complaint that alleges the 28-year-old Portland woman assaulted a federal officer trying to push back a crowd outside the ICE facility in Portland.Court ExhibitBy Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLiveA Portland woman is accused of striking a federal officer’s arm that was outstretched as the officer worked to push protesters away from the driveway of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on Friday night.Lucy Caroline Shepherd, 28, appeared in federal court in Portland on an allegation of assaulting a federal officer. Assistant Federal Public Defender Peyton Lee told U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Armistead that Shepherd denies the allegation. She was released on her own recognizance pending trial and ordered to remain away from a specific geographical area around the ICE building located in the South Waterfront neighborhood, which has been the focal point of nightly protests since June.Shepherd was arrested about 9:55 p.m., accused of striking the right upper forearm of a federal Bureau of Prisons officer who was walking forward with his right arm extended, ordering people in a crowd to get back in an attempt to clear the driveway at the ICE building. The officer attempted to arrest Shepherd when other protesters intervened and attempted to pull her away, according to a federal affidavit. That’s when the officer took Shepherd to the ground, and she is accused of rolling onto her back while “kicking her legs and attempting to wrap her legs” around the officer’s waist, according to the affidavit.When the officer attempted to escort Shepherd into the ICE building, she is alleged to have made her body go limp and refused to walk, the affidavit said. Officers then physically carried her and used a rolling cart to take her to the ICE facility for processing, the affidavit said. The federal government has called in officers from other federal agencies, including the Bureau of Prisons, to assist the Federal Protective Service in guarding the ICE facility 24 hours a day, seven days a week.When Shepherd, through her court-appointed federal defender, asked how she could recover property that was seized during her arrest, the prosecutor said he wouldn’t object to allowing her to return to the ICE building during the day to pick up her belongings.MORE BY MAXINE BERNSTEIN“If it was me, even if I was allowed to, I wouldn’t want to go back to the ICE building,” Armistead, the magistrate judge, interceded.A U.S. deputy marshal then alerted the judge that Shepherd could retrieve her belongings at the Edith Green - Wendall Wyatt Federal Building in downtown Portland.Shepherd is one of 38 people arrested on either federal felony or misdemeanor charges stemming from the nightly protests outside the ICE building.Maxine Bernstein covers federal court, law enforcement and criminal justice issues after spending two decades covering Portland police. She joined The Oregonian in 1998 after a seven-year stint working for The...