Crime & Safety

2 Brooklyn Men Arrested, Charged In Connection To Jan. 6 Capitol Riot

Rioters pushed past police barriers, assaulted officers and caused lawmakers to flee in a bid to overturn an election that Joe Biden won.

(Scott Anderson/Patch)

September 1, 2021

Two Brooklyn men were arrested Tuesday on trespassing and disorderly conduct charges in the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol.

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Antonio Ferrigno Jr., 26, and Francis Connor, 23, were charged with being among nearly 600 individuals who have been charged in the insurrection that resulted when supporters of former President Donald Trump descended on the Capitol.

Some of them pushed past police barriers, assaulted officers and caused lawmakers to flee in a bid to overturn an election in which Joe Biden won the presidency.

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