WASHINGTON — A Florida man has been arrested on felony expenses, together with assaulting a regulation enforcement officer, for his actions in the course of 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 depend the electoral votes associated to the presidential election.
Raymund Joseph Cholod, 52, of Tallahassee, Florida, is charged in a prison grievance filed within the District of Columbia with assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers, coming into and remaining in a restricted constructing or grounds with a harmful weapon, and disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted constructing or grounds with a harmful weapon. He was arrested yesterday in Miami. He’s anticipated to make his preliminary look later in the present day within the Southern District of Florida.
In accordance with court docket paperwork, on Jan. 6, 2021, Cholod 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 2:41 p.m., he entered the tunnel. Regulation enforcement officers had shaped a protecting line with riot shields behind a set of glass doorways in efforts to maintain the rioters outdoors. Cholod superior till he was positioned instantly in entrance of the police line. He pointed and shook his finger at officers and shouted, amongst different issues, “That is our home … That is our f—— home.”
At roughly 2:45 p.m., Cholod pushed his arm and elbow right into a police officer’s face and neck. Lower than a minute later, he pushed in opposition to a police riot defend, then grabbed it, and tried to drag it away from officers. Later within the day, Cholod 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 law enforcement officials was positioned.
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 offered by the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace for the Southern District of Florida.
The case is being investigated by the FBI’s Tampa Discipline Workplace and the FBI’s Washington Discipline Workplace, which recognized Cholod as #260 on its in search of data images. Beneficial help was offered by the U.S. Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Division.
Within the 21 months since Jan. 6, 2021, greater than 880 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.
Anybody with ideas can name 1-800-CALL-FBI (800-225-5324) or go to ideas.fbi.gov.
A grievance is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed harmless till confirmed responsible past an inexpensive doubt in a court docket of regulation.
