Man accused of throwing rocks at federal officers sentenced to 3 years in federal prison

A man accused of throwing rocks at federal officers in June was sentenced to three years in federal prison. 

Prosecutors say Elpidio Reyna, 40, threw rocks at federal officers leaving a command post in Paramount, California. 

Bill Essayli, first assistant U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, posted a video of the incident in June, asking for information leading to the capture of the man seen tossing rocks at federal vehicles rushing down a road. 

"Elpidio Reyna can run, but he can’t hide. He threw rocks at federal officers leaving a command post in Paramount on Saturday, a brazen attack caught on film and that could have resulted in deaths," Essayli said in the post. 

On Friday, Essayli announced in another post in X that Reyna had been sentenced in connection with the incident, which he said injured an officer and shattered a window. 

"Like I said before: If you hit a federal agent, we will hit you with a federal felony," Essayli said.