A retired firefighter who threw a fire extinguisher at police during last week’s deadly riots has also been detained.
A man who was photographed carrying the Confederate flag after storming the Capitol building has been arrested. Pictures of Kevin Seefried, from Delaware, were widely published by the media following last week’s deadly unrest, with the authorities using those images to identify him. He was tracked down by the FBI after his son Hunter bragged to a co-worker about how he had been involved. Prosecutors say the pair entered the Senate through a broken window – adding they were part of a larger group that verbally confronted members of the Capitol Police. They have both been charged with unlawfully entering a restricted building, violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds – as well as the degradation of government property. According to court documents, they both admitted being present at the riots when they voluntarily spoke to the FBI on Tuesday.
