A forehead scar gave him away: FBI nabs man accused of whaling on police with pole and pipe on Jan. 6

A forehead scar gave him away: FBI arrested, charged Jan. 6 rioter accused of wailing on police with pole, pipe inside frenzied Capitol tunnel

Justice Department photos show accused Jan. 6 rioter Joshua Atwood using a wooden pole to attack officers inside the west terrace tunnel; Atwood’s mugshot from 2011 led the FBI to positively identify him from open-source footage in 2023; a metal pole thrown by Atwood sails over heads of police before ultimately striking an officer. (Photos via DOJ)

A man was arrested by the FBI in Pennsylvania on Wednesday and hit with a series of felony and misdemeanor charges after prosecutors said police-worn body camera and open source footage from Jan. 6 showed him wildly hitting and stabbing at officers at the U.S. Capitol with metal and wooden poles as well as an officer’s helmet and later, a riot shield.

Joshua Atwood, 31, made his first appearance in a federal court room in Pennsylvania’s Western District and has been charged with felony civil disorder, assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers, assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers with a deadly or dangerous weapon; entering, remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon; and an act of physical violence in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon. He is also charged with a number of misdemeanors including disorderly conduct in a Capitol building or grounds; act of physical violence in the Capitol grounds or building; and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building.

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