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Federal prosecutors announced Friday that Dominic Pezzola, 43, of Rochester, has been charged with entering the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6.
Pezzola, or Spaz, as he s referred to in the criminal complaint, is charged with obstruction of an official proceeding, destruction of government property and illegally accessing a restricted area. He was arrested Friday.
According to the complaint, Pezzola used a Capitol Police shield to break an exterior building and then went inside. He posted a video of himself smoking a cigar and saying, Victory smoke in the Capitol, boys. . I knew we could take this (expletive) over if we tried hard enough, according to court documents.