A Virginia man was arrested and charged for alleged violent acts during the notorious Jan. 6 Capitol riot. 53-year-old Darl McDorman from Waynesboro was slapped with multiple felony charges, including assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers with a deadly weapon. The suspect made his initial court appearance in his home state following his arrest two days ago, as per the U.S. Department of Justice.
The accusations against McDorman are severe. McDorman allegedly kicked a cop and hurled various objects at officers trying to protect the Capitol, including what looked to be a silver pipe, a brown metal pipe, and a wooden flagpole, the court papers claim he also conducted himself disorderly within the Capitol building and egged on violence on Capitol grounds.
During the Jan. 6 breach, an enraged mob, vying to overturn the 2020 election results, faced off with law enforcement in a savage skirmish. Court documents allege that McDorman was seen at the forefront of this mob, kicking a U.S. Capitol Police Officer, and later amped up the assault by hucking a folding chair and a bike-rack-like barrier at the officers, leaving law enforcement scrambling to repel the advancing rioters.
The melee prolonged into the evening, with McDorman accused of also picking up what appeared to be a blue folding lawn chair in a storage bag and lobbing it toward police, striking one officer, various law enforcement agencies later cleared rioters from the Upper West Terrace and made their way to the Lower West Terrace, where McDorman was seen throwing yet another metal object at the police line, striking the shield of an MPD officer at approximately 5:13 pm. He now faces his day in court as the investigation into the Capitol breach continues, with over 1,387 individuals charged to date.
This recent arrest underscores the still-ascending tally of individuals being prosecuted for the events on January 6th, with more than 493 of those charged for violent acts against law enforcement, which are felony offenses. The DOJ and the Department of Justice National Security Division's Counterterrorism Section are spearheading the prosecution, while FBI's Richmond and Washington Field Offices are fervently investigating, alongside valuable aid from the U.S. Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department.
