Sep. 9—WASHINGTON — A Crown Level man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor prices associated to his actions through the breach of the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, 2021.
Gregory Mijares, 41, is charged in a legal criticism filed within the District of Columbia with a felony offense of civil dysfunction. Mijares can also be charged with misdemeanor offenses of coming into or remaining in a restricted constructing or grounds and disorderly and disruptive conduct in any restricted constructing or grounds.
Mijares was arrested Friday in Crown Level and made his preliminary look within the Northern District of Indiana.
“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 2020 presidential election,” in accordance with a information launch from the workplace of the US Legal professional for the District of Columbia.
Based on court docket paperwork, Mijares traveled to Washington, D.C., to protest the election and attend a rally which happened that day in assist of the previous President. Following the rally, Mijares started strolling with the group towards the U.S. Capitol and entered the grounds, carrying a gasoline masks. Mijares finally made his option to the Decrease West Terrace as he pursued retreating law enforcement officials. As officers tried to fall again into the Decrease West Terrace Tunnel, Mijares stood of their path and raised a flag over his head. Officers then tried to take away Mijares from their path, and a bodily altercation ensued between officers and Mijares.
Capitol CCTV reveals that Mijares was one of many first rioters to pursue police into the Tunnel, coming into the archway at roughly 2:41 p.m. Physique-worn digital camera footage and open-source video present Mijares as he approached a set of glass doorways that police beforehand locked behind them as they moved additional into the Tunnel.
Moments later, rioters smashed one of many panes of glass within the doorways. Mijares then held up his center finger at officers earlier than pulling open the now-broken door for others to push ahead. Mijares then approached a second set of Tunnel doorways simply behind the primary and pulled one open for his fellow rioters, the discharge acknowledged.
Officers tried to push Mijares again utilizing a riot protect, and he responded by taking a step again and slamming his physique into the protect.
Different rioters then swarmed Mijares on the police line and commenced bodily combating officers as Mijares continued pushing in opposition to the riot protect. Sooner or later, an officer struck Mijares with a baton whereas he was going through the protect wall. Mijares tried to dam the baton by elevating his arms up in entrance of his head, finally grabbing the baton.
Mijares remained on the entrance of the road, pushing in opposition to police, till roughly 2:45 p.m. At roughly 2:52 p.m., Mijares exited the Tunnel solely to reenter at about 3:11 p.m. Mijares then joined different rioters in a coordinated pushing “heave ho” effort in opposition to the police line for about a number of minutes.
Between about 3:12 p.m. and three:13 p.m., Mijares assisted different rioters in coordinating the passing of riot shields that had been taken from the police. Mijares then pushed additional towards the entrance of the mob and engaged in one other “heave ho” effort in opposition to the police line. After taking part on this “heave ho,” Mijares made his manner again to the Tunnel entranceway, the place he exited at roughly 3:19 p.m.
This case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace for the District of Columbia and the Division of Justice Nationwide Safety Division’s Counterterrorism Part. Worthwhile help was supplied by the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace for the Northern District of Indiana. This case is being investigated by the FBI’s Indianapolis and Washington Subject Workplaces, with help supplied by the U.S. Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Division.
Within the 32 months since Jan. 6, 2021, greater than 1,146 people have been arrested in practically all 50 states for crimes associated to the breach of the U.S. Capitol, together with greater than 398 people charged with assaulting or impeding legislation enforcement, the discharge added.