Ex-U.S. Agent Pleads Guilty to Kidnaping

A former U.S. Border Patrol agent in Calexico, accused of kidnaping and terrorizing a 14-year-old Mexican boy, has pleaded guilty to one count of kidnaping.

Robert M. Ferrick, 24, originally charged with three counts of kidnaping, assault with a deadly weapon, robbery and attempted extortion, will not go to prison under the negotiated plea, entered Thursday. He will be sentenced in Calexico Municipal Court on Aug. 8 and could serve a maximum of one year in Imperial County Jail.

Ferrick was arrested June 2 after the boy, identified only as Enrique R., told police that Ferrick had terrorized him over a three-day period after arresting him for illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.