A 21-year-old illegal immigrant brandished a beaming smile as he posed for an arrest photo in Polk County, Florida, on Tuesday after allegedly battering a federal officer.

The Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officer suffered an injured shoulder after the suspect, Denis Corea Miranda, fought back when two agents tried to take him into custody in Lakeland, officials said.

“This is the first time we’ve had an agent injured in the line of duty, and he was significantly injured,” said Sheriff Grady Judd at a press conference Tuesday.

“Now the state of Florida and the taxpayers of Polk are going to have to pay for it,” he said.

“The state’s got to provide him with an attorney to represent him, and then the state’s got to prosecute him.”

After the altercation, Corea Miranda escaped in

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