Defendant Accused of Assaulting Officer, Stealing Riot Protect, and Throwing Objects at Police
WASHINGTON — A Maryland man has been arrested on felony expenses, together with assaulting a regulation enforcement officer, for his actions throughout the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to establish and rely the electoral votes associated to the presidential election.
Scott Miller, 36, of Smithsburg, Maryland, is charged in a legal criticism filed within the District of Columbia with assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers, civil dysfunction, theft of presidency property, coming into and remaining in a restricted constructing or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted constructing or grounds, participating in bodily violence in a restricted constructing or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol constructing, impeding passage by way of the Capitol grounds or buildings, and an act of bodily violence within the Capitol grounds or buildings. He was arrested this morning in Smithsburg, Maryland and is predicted to make his preliminary look later immediately within the District of Columbia.
In keeping with courtroom paperwork, on Jan. 6, 2021, Miller was amongst a mob illegally massed on the Decrease West Terrace and in an Archway and tunnel that leads into the Capitol Constructing. At roughly 4:27 p.m., he entered the realm close to the tunnel. Legislation enforcement officers had shaped a protecting line with riot shields on the entrance to the tunnel in efforts to maintain the rioters outdoors. Miller superior till he was positioned instantly in entrance of the police line. He then swung and struck a police officer with an extended picket pole.
At roughly 4:31 p.m., Miller was positioned on the steps of the Decrease West Terrace, holding what seems to be a baton or stick. He threw the merchandise in direction of the doorway to the tunnel, the place a line of cops was positioned. He then threw at the least three different objects, together with a big audio speaker, on the line of cops.
At roughly 4:33 p.m., Miller once more positioned himself instantly in entrance of the police line. He then swung a big pole or stick a number of instances, placing quite a few officers within the police line. Shortly thereafter, Miller grabbed a police riot defend which was being held by two cops, and forcibly pulled the defend away from the officers. Miller took the defend into the group on the Decrease West Terrace and handed it to a different rioter.
This case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace for the District of Columbia and the Division of Justice Nationwide Safety Division’s Counterterrorism Part. Beneficial help was supplied by the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace for the District of Maryland.
The case is being investigated by the FBI’s Washington Area Workplace, which recognized Miller as #132 on its in search of data pictures. Beneficial help was supplied by the U.S. Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Division.
Within the 23 months since Jan. 6, 2021, near 900 people have been arrested in almost all 50 states for crimes associated to the breach of the U.S. Capitol, together with over 270 people charged with assaulting or impeding regulation enforcement. The investigation stays ongoing.
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A criticism is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed harmless till confirmed responsible past an affordable doubt in a courtroom of regulation.