Jerry LambeMay 27th, 2021, 4:26 pm
A Kentucky man sprayed police officers with a fire extinguisher, stole a police-issued riot helmet, and forcefully broke into the Republican Conference Room during the Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol, the Department of Justice alleges.
Nicholas James Brockhoff, a 20-year-old from Covington, is facing a slew of federal criminal charges, including assaulting, resisting or impeding police officers; using of a deadly or dangerous weapon; and obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder, among others.
According to the criminal complaint unsealed Thursday in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., Brockhoff climbed on top of the scaffolding that was set up on the Lower West Terrace of the Capitol where he was able to get an aerial view of the law enforcement officers below as they attempted to quell the pro-
Kentucky man arrested for assault in Jan. 6 Capitol riot
May 27, 2021
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) A Kentucky man has been arrested in Tennessee on federal charges of assaulting law enforcement officers during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riots.
Nicholas Brockhoff was arrested on Thursday by FBI agents from the Memphis office. Brockhoff was seen on video spraying police officers with a fire extinguisher, entering the Capitol through a broken window and wearing a stolen metropolitan officer s helmet, according to a criminal complaint in federal court.
He is charged with assaulting officers, use of a deadly weapon and obstructing law enforcement during civil disorder. The complaint said Brockhoff also made a forced entry into a Republican conference room inside the building.