West Valley teen said he ‘went Batman’ to stop Surprise ICE detention center, feds say

By: Jerod MacDonald-Evoy

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: May 21, 2026

Words: 1,410

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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A 19-year-old West Valley resident is facing federal criminal charges for attempting to set fire to a Surprise warehouse that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to turn into a 1,500-bed detention center.

In February, a window at the warehouse was broken and police found a propane tank had been thrown into the building in an attempt to set the building ablaze. The building’s automated fire suppression system quickly extinguished the fire.

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