ICE Agent Who Bit Wife During Domestic Violence Incident Remains DHS Employee (SCOOP)
Dude bit his wife, lied about it, but remains employed in Kristi Noem's DHS.
WASHINGTON — ICE agent Mayowa Bonojo remains employed by the Department of Homeland Security in a non-law enforcement capacity following a domestic violence incident in which he bit his wife during a physical altercation, according to Merit Systems Protection Board documents obtained by Migrant Insider.
The August 2024 final order reveals Bonojo was originally slated for removal after the agency sustained charges of “conduct unbecoming a law enforcement officer” and “lack of candor.” However, the penalty was mitigated to reassignment to a non-enforcement position—meaning the officer who admitted to biting his wife during an off-duty incident continues to draw a federal paycheck at DHS.
The Incident
During the domestic altercation, Bonojo—a trained law enforcement officer carrying a firearm—bit his wife’s upper arm with sufficient force to leave visible marks documented in police photographs. According to oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in January 2…