Oluwadamilola Ogooluwa Bamigboye, 24, and Rekeya Lionesha Lee Frazier, 23, were hit with federal charges after agents approached Bamigboye regarding an alleged student visa overstay. According to the account, the encounter quickly spiraled when Frazier got behind the wheel and drove away with one of the agents still inside the vehicle, heading toward a police station.

Bamigboye, meanwhile, reportedly took off on foot and ran into a nearby store.

The pair later pleaded not guilty and were released on bond. Bamigboye also cited PTSD connected to a kidnapping he experienced in Nigeria, adding another layer to an already bizarre chain of events.

Frazier’s identity brought an additional connection that caught public attention. She is the sister of Darnella Frazier, the teenager whose cellphone video documented the 2020 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and became a defining piece of evidence in the national reckoning that followed.