A Houston man with a history of criminal activity is facing new charges as he stands accused of posing as a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer and committing a robbery. According to CW39, 33-year-old Guliano Christopher Thomson allegedly threatened an individual before stealing money from them in West Houston this past Monday.
The suspect was arrested during a routine traffic stop the next day, where officers were able to identify him as the man involved in the crime through witness statements. Prior to this incident, Thomson had been convicted of arson in 2022 after setting a vehicle on fire and was sentenced to 10 years in prison but was out on parole having been released in 2023. His criminal past includes a rap sheet with charges ranging from credit card abuse to possession of a fictitious license plate and multiple counts of theft. This latest offense adds yet another chapter to a troublesome history.
In a related report by the Houston Chronicle, it's detailed that Thomson, now facing two felony charges, used his vehicle to block another driver before purporting himself to be an ICE agent, subsequently taking cash and an ID from the victim. Thomson is accused of causing the man to "submit to his pretended official authority and to rely on his pretended official acts," the charging documents stated.
Further digging into Thomson's past reveals a 2019 arrest alongside his brother for arson and endangering a child, where he lit a woman's car wheel well on fire with a 3-year-old inside. The suggested motive behind this was to swindle the woman into believing her car required urgent repairs. After receiving credit for over 600 days already spent in jail, Thomson found himself paroled in July 2024. Now, as he sits in the Harris County Jail on a $100,000 bond, he awaits his court appearance scheduled for tomorrow morning.
The troubling practice of individuals posing as ICE agents has a noted increase in reports, particularly during the Trump administration's aggressive deportation efforts. Examples range from a similar case in South Carolina to two Temple University students who attempted to infiltrate a residential building wearing ICE-branded T-shirts.
