Crime & Safety

Texas Man Charged With Pepper-Spraying Capitol Police On January 6

Andrew Quentin Taake, 32, was arrested after police body-camera video showed him pepper-spraying officers trying to keep a mob at bay.

July 24, 2021

A Houston man was arrested Friday, July 23 and charged with multiple counts from the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, including pepper-spraying police.

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Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., say Andrew Quentin Taake, 32, was arrested after police body-camera video showed him pepper-spraying a line of officers who were trying to keep a mob from entering the Capitol.

A criminal complaint says video also showed Taake making a second assault on officers later and striking officers with a whip-like weapon.

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