Patrick Edward McCaughey III Wiki – Patrick Edward McCaughey III Biography
Patrick Edward McCaughey III was charged on Tuesday with assaulting an officer, civil disorder, entering restricted grounds and disorderly conduct, the Justice Department said in a press release. The department said he would be presented in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday before appearing in Washington, D.C., where he was charged.
Prosecutors say McCaughey pinned D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges to the Capitol building’s lower west terrace door as a mob of rioters tried to gain entry. Video showing Hodges being crushed against the door, crying out in pain and bleeding from the mouth quickly went viral.
Patrick Edward McCaughey III Age
Patrick Edward McCaughey III is 23 years old.
Charge – Arrested
Patrick Edward McCaughey III, of Ridgefield, was charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees, civil disorder, entering restricted buildings or grounds, and violent entry or disorderly conduct.
A Connecticut man accused of a “barbaric” attack on a police officer during the breach of the U.S. Capitol grounds two weeks ago has been arrested, prosecutors announced Wednesday. The charges stemmed from his alleged role in what was described as a violent assault on an officer protecting the Capitol from a group of President Donald Trump supporters who stormed the building on Jan. 6 in protest of the presidential election results.
Dozens of protesters have since been charged for their alleged crimes that day, including at least two other Connecticut residents, who were taken into custody outside the building on Jan. 6.
McCaughey, who was arrested in Westchester County, appeared Wednesday in federal court in White Plains, N.Y.
McCaughey’s Stamford criminal defense Mark Sherman said the judge denied his client bond and ordered him detained. A preliminary hearing will be scheduled for next month as the case is moved to federal court in D.C., Sherman said.
“It was noted in court that he did try to offer assistance to the injured officer,” Sherman said.
However, Steven M. D’Antuono, assistant director in charge of the FBI Washington Field Office, said “the savage beating” on D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges showed McCaughey’s “blatant disregard for human life.”
“The vicious attack on Officer Hodges was abhorrent and quintessentially un-American,” Acting U.S. Attorney Michael R. Sherwin said in a statement. “It is my pledge that anyone involved in violent attacks on law enforcement at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. McCaughey’s alleged actions were an assault on Officer Hodges, the Capitol, and the rule of law itself.”
In a Jan. 15 press release, the Metropolitan police released a be-on-the-lookout bulletin with a suspect image and information about the attack on Hodges.
Investigation Report
Investigators were able to identify McCaughey with the help of a tip from someone who knew him, as well as his appearance and voice in several different videos, according to the affidavit. It also notes that McCaughey’s listed home address with the state’s department of motor vehicles is Ridgefield, Conn. His date of birth is redacted from the document.
Hodges, a six-year veteran of the city’s police force, described his experiences that day in an interview with member station WAMU. He said he was unable to defend himself during the assault, as his arms were pinned and someone had managed to both rips off his gas mask and beat him with his own baton.
Hodges said he did not suffer any broken bones or internal bleeding as a result of the incident, but “walked like a 90-year-old man for a week.” Still, the experience does not appear to have deterred him from the task at hand.
“If it wasn’t my job, I would have done that for free,” Hodges later told a local NBC affiliate. “It was absolutely my pleasure to crush a white nationalist insurrection, and I’m glad I was in a position to be able to help. We’ll do it as many times as it takes.”
Authorities are continuing to make arrests in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection and are asking for the public’s help in identifying individuals who may have been involved.