Charges dropped against women who helped save ICE agent

Tim Harlow, Star Tribune on May 4, 2026

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MINNEAPOLIS — Charges against two Brooklyn Park women who sprang into action to help save an ICE agent having a seizure have been dismissed.

Despite their heroics in January, Tiffany “Tippy” Amundson, 39, and Heather Zemien, 55, were charged at the time with assaulting, resisting and impeding officers, according to federal court records.

But late last month, all charges against the women were terminated and “there will be no further proceedings on this matter,” according to documents filed in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minneapolis.

The documents do not say what led to the reversal. New charges cannot be refiled.

Zeimen and Amundson were detained on Jan. 22 and were being driven to the Whipple Federal Building when one of the agents involved in the transport became ill.

The women recognized the agent was having a seizure and asked the other agents in the vehicle to call 911. At one point the women were released from their handcuffs and rendered aid until first responders arrived.

The women were eventually released after arriving at the Whipple Building, but citations were issued. Motions to have the charges dropped were filed in April and finally approved on April 22, court documents show.

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