A 57-year-old Virginia man has been arrested and charged with multiple offenses, including assaulting law enforcement, during the January 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol.
David A. Marshall, Jr., of Alexandria, Virginia, faces two felony charges and seven misdemeanor charges in connection with the events of January 6, 2021, when a joint session of Congress was disrupted. The charges include civil disorder and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers.
In addition to the felonies, Marshall is charged with seven misdemeanor offenses, including assault by striking, beating, or wounding, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, act of physical violence in the Capitol grounds or buildings, and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building.
According to court documents, Marshall was identified in open-source and closed-circuit television video footage as present on the West Plaza of the U.S. Capitol grounds on January 6, 2021. The documents say that Marshall was in the vicinity of the West Plaza from approximately 1:00 pm – 2:27 pm, during which time he allegedly engaged in multiple assaults on law enforcement officers and a member of the news media.
The investigation revealed that Marshall pushed and shoved law enforcement officers, took an officer’s baton and bag, and assisted other rioters in possessing police equipment and materials. He also allegedly assaulted a journalist by grabbing them and yanking them down a set of stairs.
Marshall is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the Department of Justice National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section. The case is being investigated by the FBI’s Washington Field Office, with valuable assistance provided by the U.S. Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department.
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Key Facts
- State: Washington DC
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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