Protests live updates: Marines make 1st temporary detention in LA

Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced during a press conference on Wednesday that there have been at least five criminal cases stemming from the ongoing immigration protests in Los Angeles.

Juan Rodriguez, from Gardena, California, was charged with one felony count of assault upon a peace officer, resisting arrest and advocating violence against an officer that has caused injury. He faces six years and four months in state prison, according to the DA. Rodriguez is accused of distributing and throwing commercial-grade fireworks at police officers on June 8.

Randy Ruiz and Georgina Ravallaro were charged with two felony counts of assault upon a peace officer and face six years and four months in state prison. They are accused of driving motorcycles into police officers, injuring one and knocking down several others.

Timmy Paulk and Raven Mitchell have been charged with one felony count of second-degree commercial burglary and grand theft for allegedly robbing and facilitating the robbery of a Nike store on June 8. Paul is accused of stealing multiple items from that store and getting into the car driven by Mitchell. They each face up to three years in state prison.

Ulysses Sanchez is accused of recklessly driving a minivan in downtown LA on June 8. He's charged with one felony count of assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a firearm by a felon, one misdemeanor count each of reckless driving and possession of a smoking device. He faces 25 years to life because of the three-strike rule.

Christopher Gonzalez and Jocelyn Johnson have been charged with one felony count of conspiracy to commit vandalism and two felony counts of vandalism. They face three years and eight months in state prison. They are accused of vandalizing an apartment complex and the Hall of Justice, respectively.

"If people want to engage in crimes, we will prosecute them," Hochman said, adding, "hurling bricks, hurling cinder blocks, hurling fireworks, will not be tolerated in this county now or ever."

The DA did note that peaceful protests have largely outweighed instances of violence. "We estimate that there's probably thousands of people who've engaged in legitimate protests," Hochman said.

-ABC News' Jenna Harrison Esseling

Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman, the commander of U.S. military forces in Los Angeles, told ABC News that about 500 of the National Guard troops have been trained to accompany ICE on immigration operations.

The general stressed, however, that these troops are not carrying out law enforcement in these operations. That is being done by the ICE agents and the trained troops are carrying out protection for ICE during these operations.

The service members have ammunition in their clips for their rifles, but there are no rounds in the chamber, according to Sherman.

There are 4,700 troops, made up of National Guardsmen and Marines, deployed to Los Angeles.

-ABC News' Luis Martinez

All 700 Marines sent to LA must complete four days of crowd control training, Marine Commandant Gen. Eric Smith told the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Smith said that the Marines are operating under standard Rules of Force.

"These rules emphasize de-escalation, use of non-lethal force and the inherent right of self-defense for Marines and others," he said.

The 4,000 National Guardsmen must complete two days of crowd control training, he said.

-ABC News’ Luis Martinez

Thirty mayors from the LA area joined together at a news conference to call on the raids to end.

LA Mayor Karen Bass again claimed that LA is "part of a national experiment" by the Trump administration "to determine how far the federal government can go in reaching in and taking over power" from state and local leaders.

Bass also highlighted the estimated $134 million spent to deploy the Marines and National Guard, saying, "all of our cities could use that money."

For many residents of the south LA city of Paramount -- one of the sites of protests -- "this has been one of the most devastating moments in recent memory," Paramount Mayor Peggy Lemons said, with some families now too afraid to leave their homes.

Huntington Park Mayor Arturo Flores, a Marine Corps veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, said, "The militarization of immigration enforcement has no place in our neighborhoods and the deployment of Marines on U.S. soil is an alarming escalation that undermines the values of democracy."

"We stand against these fear-based tactics that target immigrant communities and erode public trust," he said, calling the administration's actions "political theater that is rooted in fear."