A Thomaston resident was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Portland, on Aug. 10, 2026, for assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol agent engaged in his official duties, according to a Maine District of the U.S. Attorney's Office news release.

Chief U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker sentenced Olivia Wilkins, 24, to nine months in prison. Wilkins pleaded guilty in March 2026. She initially could have faced up to 20 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, and up to three years of supervised released, the U.S. Attorneys Office said in March 2026.

The news release states that according to court records, in August 2025, a United States Border Patrol agent responded to a one-vehicle crash in Washington, Maine. As law enforcement conducted a roadside investigation, Wilkins came upon the scene in an automobile and parked close to officers. Wilkins voiced concerns regarding Border Patrol’s presence in the area, but was permitted to move the vehicle further back from the crash to continue observing law enforcement.

As the Border Patrol agent took an individual on scene into custody and began moving the individual to a nearby Border Patrol vehicle, Wilkins quickly accelerated toward the agent, who pulled the individual off the roadside away from the oncoming vehicle. Wilkins stopped the vehicle without striking either the agent or the individual in custody before swerving back into the lane of travel and fleeing the scene while nearly hitting law enforcement officers. Maine State Police troopers were able to arrest Wilkins a short distance away. 

She was charged with aggravated reckless conduct, criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, driving to endanger, hindering apprehension, obstructing government administration, and failure to stop for an officer.

The Knox County Sheriff’s Office also responded and assisted with the arrest. Wilkins was taken to the Knox County Jail in Rockland and made her initial court appearance before Judge Eric Walker on Aug. 27, 2025, according to the court document filed in Knox County. Her bail was set at $50,000 cash and then reduced to $500 cash which Wilkins posted.

A Maine State trooper at the scene noted that the driver of the vehicle in the crash presented a passport from Colombia and a New York state driver’s license. The trooper stated in the affidavit that based on his experience and training he thought the driver and passenger may be in the country illegally. The U.S. Border Patrol interviewed the individuals who had been in the vehicle, according to the court document filed in Knox County.

The news release said that in imposing sentence, Chief Judge Walker noted that one of the law enforcement officers on the scene had understandably drawn his service weapon and pointed it at Wilkins when Wilkins drove toward the Border Patrol agent. The judge told Wilkins that she was very lucky that the officer had not fired his weapon in response. 

The FBI investigated the case.

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