Officials say three more Florida men, one with connections to a rightwing extremist group, have been arrested on expenses associated to storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021
WASHINGTON — Three more Florida men, one with connections to a rightwing extremist group, have been arrested on expenses associated to storming the U.S. Capitol through the revolt of Jan. 6, 2021, officers mentioned.
Alan Fischer III, 28, of Tampa; Zachary Johnson, 33, of St. Petersburg; and Dion Rajewski, 61, of Largo; have been arrested Thursday and charged with civil dysfunction, based on federal courtroom information. Fischer and Rajewski are moreover charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding sure officers with a harmful weapon.
The men are being prosecuted in Washington, DC, federal courtroom.
According to a felony criticism, Fischer marched to the Capitol with members of the Proud Boys, a gaggle that describes itself as a “pro-Western fraternal group for men who refuse to apologize for creating the trendy world; aka Western Chauvinists.”
Fischer was a part of a gaggle that confronted regulation enforcement at an arched entrance to a passageway into the constructing, officers mentioned. The group collectively pushed in opposition to officers, at instances rocking collectively in a coordinated means, to realize entry to the inside of the constructing, authorities mentioned. Fischer later moved to the west entrance of the Capitol, the place he threw chairs, an orange site visitors cone and a pole towards officers, prosecutors mentioned.
Johnson and Rajewski are accused of possessing pepper spray, and Johnson is accused of aiding and abetting its use in opposition to officers. Johnson additionally was carrying a sledgehammer, officers mentioned.
Online information did not record attorneys for any of the men.
Last yr’s Capitol attack occurred shortly after a close-by rally the place then-President Donald Trump claimed without proof that Democrats had dedicated fraud to steal the presidential election for Joe Biden. Rioters went to the Capitol looking for to cease Congress from certifying Biden’s victory. Congress reconvened a number of hours later and confirmed Biden’s electoral faculty win.
Since Jan. 6, 2021, more than 725 individuals have been arrested in almost all 50 states for crimes associated to the breach of the U.S. Capitol, officers mentioned. More than 70 of these arrested are from Florida. More than 225 individuals have been charged with assaulting or impeding regulation enforcement.
