JACKSON — A Mississippi man has been charged with assaulting an officer and other crimes during the January U.S. Capitol insurrection, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
Michael Leon Brock, 54, of Walls, used a 4-foot rod to hit and push at least two police officers trying to protect the Capitol about two hours after protesters first broke in the building on Jan. 6, according to a sworn statement from a FBI agent.
Agents began investigating Brock after getting an anonymous tip after releasing a picture of the man with the rod taken from police body camera footage, court records said.
Brock is at least the third person from Mississippi charged during the Jan. 6 unrest. Two other people face curfew violations.
Brock is charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding officers, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, act of physical violence in the Capitol grounds or buildings and obstruction of a law enforcement officer during civil disorder.
Court records did not list an attorney for Brock, who was indicted on the charges last week.
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