CINCINNATI — A former Cincinnati Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent has pleaded guilty to lying to the feds.
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Samuel Saxon, 47, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a felony count of lying to a federal law enforcement officer investigating his domestic violence arrest, according to our news partner WCPO in Cincinnati.
The federal charge was connected to an alleged domestic violence incident that occurred in Dec. 2025.
As previously reported by News Center 7, Saxon allegedly put a woman in a chokehold, “causing visible injuries on her neck” in their Corryville apartment complex.
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Saxon pleaded not guilty to domestic violence, strangulation, and felonious assault charges on Dec. 12, according to WCPO-9.
The prosecutor’s office said a witness who saw the entire incident told officers what happened. The victim in this incident didn’t cooperate with authorities.
The witness said she saw a man dragging the victim into an apartment in a chokehold and heard the woman screaming. The screaming continued once they went into the apartment, WCPO-9 reported.
Officers found the victim with bruises on her chest.
Saxon was suspended from his position as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Cincinnati region at ICE.
Online jail records indicate that Saxon is in the Butler County Jail on a federal hold without bond.
No sentencing date has been set.
He faces up to five years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and three years’ probation upon release.
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