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After the shooting, federal authorities accused Sosa-Celis and Aljorna of beating an ICE officer with a broomstick or a snow shovel during the incident, but those charges were later dropped after an investigation into whether the agents lied about the incident.—Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 18 May 2026 The officers involved wrongly accused Sosa-Celis and another man of assaulting them with a shovel and broomstick.—Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 18 May 2026 More recently, the Australian trio launched a website for a fake company called Takumi, whose mascot is a purple cartoon cat that wears a witch hat and flies on a broomstick.—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026 The broomstick was created with the help of Amor, and the bride and groom hope to pass it down to her for her own special day.—Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for broomstick