Retired Chester firefighter accused of throwing fire extinguisher at officers during Capitol riot
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CHESTER, Pa. - A retired Pennsylvania firefighter was arrested Thursday on federal charges that he threw a fire extinguisher that hit three Capitol Police officers during the violent siege on the Capitol last week.
Robert Sanford, who retired last March from the Chester Fire Department, was arrested on charges that include assault of a police officer, disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, civil disorder and unlawfully entering the Capitol.
The charges against Sanford are not related to the widely publicized attack on Officer Brian Sicknick, who also was attacked with a fire extinguisher during the siege and died.
A retired firefighter from Chester, Pennsylvania is accused of being the man seen on video throwing a fire extinguisher that hit three police officers at the Capitol during the riot in Washington, D.C. last week, a U.S. official confirmed to ABC News.
A Delaware man was identified and arrested by federal authorities Thursday as the man who was photographed parading through the Capitol while holding a large Confederate battle flag, one of the most searing images to emerge from the riot inspired by President Trump last Tuesday.
More Capitol riot arrests include man accused of throwing fire extinguisher at police, another carrying Confederate flag Author: Spencer S. Hsu, Rachel Weiner, Ann E. Marimow, The Washington Post Updated: January 14 Published January 14
FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, supporters of President Donald Trump are confronted by U.S. Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol in Washington. Both within and outside the walls of the Capitol, banners and symbols of white supremacy and anti-government extremism were displayed as an insurrectionist mob swarmed the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
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Capitol riot arrests: Retired firefighter accused of throwing fire extinguisher at police; man carrying Confederate flag
Spencer S. Hsu, Rachel Weiner and Ann E. Marimow, The Washington Post
Jan. 14, 2021
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WASHINGTON - The manhunt for key figures in the storming of the U.S. Capitol apprehended more key figures Thursday, including two men accused of attacking police officers, a Utah man who allegedly recorded the shooting death of one rioter, and a Delaware father and son photographed carrying a Confederate flag.
Robert Lee Sanford, Jr., 55, of Chester, Penn., a recently retired firefighter, threw a fire extinguisher at members of the Capitol Police, according to law enforcement. Peter Francis Stager, of Arkansas, is accused of using a large American flag to beat a member of the D.C. police.