The three Florida residents allegedly attacked officers during an assault on the U.S. Capitol three years ago.
United States authorities announced the arrest of three people wanted in connection with the assault on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, as the country marked the third anniversary of the violent attack by supporters of Donald Trump.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Jonathan D. Pollock, 24, his sister, Olivia M. Pollock, 33, and Joseph D. Hutchinson, 27, at a ranch in Groveland, Florida, the FBI said in a statement on Saturday. All three will be arraigned on Monday.
All are accused of assaulting officers, violent entry into the Capitol and other serious crimes.
All three had been formally charged in April 2021. Jonathan Pollock went into hiding shortly after the attack, while his sister and Hutchinson were arrested in June 2021 and released on bail, but fled shortly before they were to stand trial in Washington, D.C. Last March.
The FBI had offered a $30,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Jonathan Pollock, whom they “considered armed and dangerous.”
According to a 53-page indictment, Jonathan Pollock and Hutchinson appear on video recordings repeatedly punching officers during the riot. Pollock is also alleged to have snatched officers’ riot shields, and he and Hutchinson are accused of using the edge of one to hit an officer in the neck or face.
In June 2021, the Pollocks’ brother Gabriel defended his siblings and Hutchinson in an interview with The Ledger, Lakeland’s newspaper, saying, “I feel like there’s a political movement being perpetrated, which… is sad.” “.
“I think people are pretty fed up with the way people’s country is being taken away from them,” he added.
January 6, 2021
Three years ago, a mob of thousands attacked the US Capitol in an effort to stop the certification of the 2020 election results, spurred by false claims that the election had been “rigged” against incumbent Republican Trump. .
More than 2,000 people entered the Capitol building, breaking windows, ransacking offices, defecating in public spaces and searching for members of Congress. The attack was ultimately unsuccessful, but it has raised alarms about the stability of American democracy and the growing influence of antidemocratic elements within the Republican Party.
On Friday, US President Joe Biden criticized Trump, who was the country’s president at the time, accusing him of inaction on January 6 and lies related to the election.
“It was one of the worst derelictions of duty by a president in American history,” Biden said in Pennsylvania.
Trump responded to Biden at a rally in Iowa on Friday. “Nothing has improved with corrupt Joe Biden. “Everything is a disaster,” he stated. But he only briefly addressed the events of Jan. 6 and repeated baseless claims that the 2020 race was marred by widespread voter fraud.
The United States continues to deal with the consequences of the attack. More than 950 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the riots, and some face charges of seditious conspiracy, a rare but serious crime.
The US Department of Justice added that 192 of those defendants have been sentenced to time behind bars and 484 have pleaded guilty to various crimes.
