A 24-year-old man arrested last month for allegedly cutting the brake line of an NYPD van in Brooklyn was arrested early Wednesday by FBI agents and faces federal charges, law enforcement sources tell NBC New York.

Jeremy Trapp was initially cuffed by NYPD officers who spotted Trapp emerging from under the van July 17. A pair of scissors was found on him, police officials said.

Video of Trapp allegedly sabotaging the vehicle shows him underneath the van, which was parked in Sunset Park along Fourth Avenue and 42nd Street that day.

A senior police official said at the time of Trapp’s original arrest that a mechanic confirmed the brake line damage would have prevented the van from stopping.

Officials say Trapp was seen at times coming and going from the Occupy City Hall protests last month.

Trapp was charged last month by the Brooklyn district attorney's office with reckless endangerment and criminal mischief.

Details of the federal charges are expected to be released later Wednesday by the Brooklyn U.S. Attorney’s office. Trapp will appear via teleconference in federal court in Brooklyn in the afternoon.

Attempts to reach him for comment after his initial arrest were unsuccessful. The public defender's office could not be reached for comment.