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PHOTO COURTESY U.S. ATTORNEY S OFFICE Federal prosecutors say the bearded man in the center of the photo is Dominic Pezzola of Rochester.
A Rochester man has been charged in connection with the rioting at the U.S. Capitol last week.
Federal authorities revealed on Friday that they’ve arrested 43-year-old Dominic Pezzola on charges that include obstruction of a criminal proceeding, destruction of government property, and being in a restricted area illegally.
The FBI said in a criminal complaint that it got a lead that included publicly available photos and videos of someone breaking a window at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, and a statement by someone who was at the riot that Pezzola, also known as “Spaz,” bragged about breaking the windows to the Capitol with a Capitol Police shield.
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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.