The arrest of a Massachusetts man for his alleged role in the January 6 insurrection, Daniel Tocci, of Amherst, was made nearly two years after the Capitol riots unveiled Wednesday to be the 32nd individual from New England corralled by the FBI, as reported by MassLive.
Tocci was initially stopped for a broken headlight on January 23 in Hadley when a police officer who had interacted with him made the connection to an FBI wanted list for January 6 participants, court records reveal, and the resemblance was uncanny—he was the man seen waving a large stick by the Washington Monument, sauntering toward insurrection. The feds, banking on the local department's bodycam footage contrasted against videos from the Capitol chaos, identified Tocci scaling walls, breaking into the Senate Wing, and chanting "Our House" with a riotous fervor, weaving a damning narrative of his participation in that dark Wednesday as detailed by The Boston Globe.
He is charged with destruction of government property, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building.
