A U.S. Justice Department employee has been dismissed and charged with felony assault after admitting he threw a wrapped submarine sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection officer deployed in Washington, D.C. Prosecutors say Sean Charles Dunn, 37, confronted the agent on 14th Street NW on Aug. 10, shouted profanities and called the officers “fascists” before hurling the sandwich at the agent’s chest. Dunn attempted to flee but was arrested by local police moments later. Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Aug. 14 that Dunn, a paralegal in the department’s Office of International Affairs, was “no longer” employed by the agency. “If you touch any law-enforcement officer, we will come after you,” Bondi wrote in announcing the termination and criminal charge. The incident occurred days after federal agents and National Guard troops were deployed to the capital as part of President Donald Trump’s initiative to curb crime. Video of the episode circulated widely online, intensifying scrutiny of tensions between residents and the newly reinforced federal presence. Dunn, an Air Force veteran, is charged with one count of assaulting a federal officer, a crime that carries a potential sentence of up to eight years in prison. He was released pending trial and is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court on Sept. 4.