Robert Sanford Wiki – Robert Sanford Bio
Robert Sanford, a Chester, Pennsylvania, faces three felony charges, including assaulting a police officer, after he was allegedly caught on camera hurling the extinguisher as the mob stormed past Capitol Police officers and broke into the building on Jan. 6. He was taken into custody by the FBI in Pennsylvania Thursday morning just before 6 a.m., a source with knowledge of the matter told The Daily Beast. The Wall Street Journal first reported the arrest.
One video shows rioters storming past a barricade as police desperately try to contain them on the west side of the building. A rioter, identified in a criminal complaint as Sanford, can be seen tossing the fire extinguisher, striking at least one on the helmet. The extinguisher ricocheted and struck two more cops, including one who wasn’t wearing a helmut.
Officer William Young said he “felt a hard strike to the back of his helmet,” according to the court documents, and saw a fire extinguisher on the ground but didn’t see who struck him. Young was evaluated at the hospital and cleared to return to duty.
The records said Sanford was identified on Tuesday to the FBI’s Pennsylvania branch and charged on Wednesday in US District Court.
Robert Sanford Age
Robert Sanford is 55 years old.
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He faces four counts: knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; disorderly or disruptive conduct on Capitol grounds; civil disorder; and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers while engaged in the performance of official duties, the documents say.
His arrest adds to a growing list of individuals charged in last week’s deadly riot, which left five people dead, including a Capitol Police officer and a woman who was participating in the attack.
So far, more than 30 people have been arrested on federal charges, with some of the defendants being accused of bringing weapons to Capitol Hill and others having been photographed ransacking the building. Many are charged with unlawful entry or violent entry.
Among those arrested this week alone are Robert Keith Packer of Virginia, who has been identified as a man who was inside the Capitol wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with the phrase “Camp Auschwitz,” and Larry Rendell Brock, a retired Air Force Reserve officer from Texas who was photographed roaming the Senate chamber clutching a white flex cuff, which is used by law enforcement to restrain or detain subjects.
Investigation Report
According to the complaint, Sanford admitted to a friend that he was the person photographed at the riot in a CFD hat. That friend ultimately tipped off the feds and said Sanford had traveled to D.C. by bus with a group of people. The friend added that Sanford had claimed he was only on the Capitol grounds for about 10 minutes—and never mentioned throwing any objects.
Capitol Police officer William Young, who was hit by the fire extinguisher, told investigators he was among 20 officers and two sergeants who were attempting to control the crowd when he felt “a hard strike to the back of his helmet” and saw the extinguisher on the ground. He went to the hospital but has since been cleared for duty.