George Tanios poses for a 2017 photo. Andrew Spellman
Sandwich U operator George Pierre Tanios was arrested Sunday due to his role in Jan. 6 s riots at the U.S. Capitol building.
Tanios, 39, is expected to appear in federal court on Monday, according to the Washington Post. He is charged with assaulting U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick with bear spray.
Sicknick died the following day. It is not yet known whether his exposure to the bear spray resulted in his death.
In a video recorded at the Capitol, Julian Elie Khater, 32, of Pennsylvania, is alleged to have said to Tanios Give me that bear s -. Approximately nine minutes later, according to the Post, Khater discharged a canister into the face of Sicknick and other officers.