A basic view of the Lehigh County Jail, where retired firefighter Robert Sanford was because of appear in connection with the U.S. Capitol riots, prior to a federal judge, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, January 14, 2021.
Mark Makela | Reuters
A retired Pennsylvania firemen was jailed and charged Thursday with criminal activities connected to the Jan.6 Capitol riot, where he apparently tossed a fire extinguisher that struck 3 Capitol policeman in their heads.
Robert Sanford, 55, was recognized by a good friend as the male on a commonly seen video tossing the extinguisher into a group of authorities surrounded by a wild mob President Donald Trump’s advocates in front of the Capitol, authorities stated.
The police officers struck in the head did not consist of Officer Brian Sicknick, the police officer who passed away after a day after being beaten by rioters.
The pal informed the FBI on Tuesday that Sanford, who just recently retired from the Chester Fire Department, notified him that he was being looked for as the assaulter on the video, according to a file launched by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington.
Sanford likewise had actually informed his pal that he had actually taken a trip to Washington, D.C., with a group of individuals on a bus to participate in a rally Jan. 6 on the Ellipse, where President Donald Trump spoke and prompted advocates to assist him in his efforts to reverse Joe Biden’s governmental election triumph, the file stated.
The group, consisting of Sanford, “then had followed the President’s instructions and gone to the Capitol,” the file stated.
At the time, Congress was holding a joint session to validate Biden’s election as president.
Sanford, who resides in Boothwyn, Pennsylvania, is charged with purposefully getting in or staying in any limited structure or premises without legal authority, disorderly or disruptive conduct on capitol premises, civil condition, and attacking, withstanding, or hampering particular officers while taken part in the efficiency of main responsibilities.
