More local arrests in Capitol insurrection, including man accused of crushing officer in door WABC
The FBI has arrested two more men from our area over their alleged involvement in the Capitol riot two weeks ago, including one accused of crushing a Metropolitan Police officer in a doorway in a video that went viral.
Authorities say 23-year-old Patrick McCaughey, who allegedly caused the injuries to Officer Daniel Hodges, was arrested around 7 p.m. Tuesday in South Salem.
Hodges became stuck in the doorway as insurrectionists attempted to break through the line of uniformed officers who were in place to prevent them from entering the lower west terrace door of the Capitol, and the FBI says McCaughey, of Ridgefield, Connecticut, can be seen using a clear police riot shield to physically push against the left side of Hodges body.
UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) The FBI has arrested two more men from our area over their alleged involvement in the Capitol riot two weeks ago, including one accused of crushing a Metropolitan Police officer in a doorway in a video that went viral.
Authorities say 23-year-old Patrick McCaughey, who allegedly caused the injuries to Officer Daniel Hodges, was arrested around 7 p.m. Tuesday in South Salem.
Hodges became stuck in the doorway as insurrectionists attempted to break through the line of uniformed officers who were in place to prevent them from entering the lower west terrace door of the Capitol, and the FBI says McCaughey, of Ridgefield, Connecticut, can be seen using a clear police riot shield to physically push against the left side of Hodges body.
From art student to alleged U.S. Capitol rioter: 7 things to know about S.I. man charged in national case
Updated Jan 19, 2021;
Posted Jan 19, 2021
Authorities allege that Nicolas Moncada, 20, of Taunton Street in Bay Terrace posted on social media this photo of himself storming the U.S. Capitol building. (Courtesy of U.S. Attorney s Office for the Eastern District of New York)
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Here there are seven things to know about the 20-year-old man:
1) HE STUDIED ILLUSTRATIONS
Until May 2020, he was an illustrations major at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in Manhattan, an official for the school said in a statement.
A man who pointed an arrow at himself on a social media post that showed him rioting at the U.S. Capitol is among the latest to be arrested from the Tri-State area.