TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Two males from central Florida had been arrested Monday on felony fees associated to the assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, when supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the constructing whereas Congress was certifying the 2020 election outcomes.
Jarod Hawks, 43, of Port Orange, and John Padgett, 40, of Edgewater, had been accused of attacking regulation enforcement, amongst different offenses, in line with a launch from the U.S. Division of Justice.
The pair was caught on digital camera utilizing a big steel object to assault a police line that was trying to fend off the mob, the discharge acknowledged. They continued to assault police as the group closed in and helped take down a barricade, in line with the DOJ.
Later within the day, Hawks and Padgett used a big object as a defend and battering ram towards one other police line, the discharge mentioned. They had been accused of utilizing the massive object to assault officers and break the police line.
Hawks and Pagett are charged with assault on a federal officer, civil dysfunction, and assault on a federal officer with a lethal or harmful weapon, that are all felonies. Additionally they acquired misdemeanor fees of coming into and remaining in a restricted constructing or grounds, disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted constructing or grounds, partaking in bodily violence in a restricted constructing or grounds, obstructing or impeding passage by way of or inside the grounds or any of the Capitol buildings, and fascinating in an act of bodily violence within the grounds or any of the Capitol buildings.
