A former Arlington County Fire Department employee was arrested Friday in West Virginia on charges of assaulting police and rioting in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, accused of joining a charge that overran a key police line and led to the breach of the building, according to court records.<\/p>\n
Brian Holmes, a West Virginia resident, was employed for about a year or more with the department, according to two department witnesses cited in an FBI arrest affidavit. On Jan. 6, wearing red sneakers, a gray Virginia Tech hoodie and hard-knuckle gloves, Holmes allegedly assaulted two officers guarding a stairway leading up from the lower West Terrace just as they were bowled over by Florida Proud Boys member Daniel Scott, court records said.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors have said the breakthrough helped the mob access a level through which the Capitol was first breached 20 minutes later, forcing the evacuation of Congress and delaying a joint session meeting to certify Joe Biden\u2019s 2020 election victory over Donald Trump.<\/p>\n
\u201cHolmes can be seen grabbing Officer CC as he was being pulled toward the crowd,\u201d the arrest affidavit alleged. He appeared to taunt police and gestured rioters behind him to follow him, the FBI alleged.<\/p>\n
\u201cY\u2019all asked for this, you know that right,\u201d the FBI quoted Holmes as saying. \u201cY\u2019all gonna have a long day, y\u2019all gonna have a long \u2026 day,\u201d Holmes added, and \u201cAre you ready to speak Chinese? \u2026 Because that\u2019s what\u2019s going to happen, that\u2019s what\u2019s going to happen if you let these [expletives] steal this election.\u201d<\/p>\n
Holmes was arrested in Martinsburg, W.Va., and appeared before a U.S. magistrate judge Friday on an arrest warrant issued Aug. 23 in D.C., according to court records.<\/p>\n
In a written statement released by Holmes attorney Stanley Woodward, Holmes denied the allegations and said he had immediately advised his department supervisor of his presence at the rally, and resigned after being contacted by law enforcement \u201cso as to avoid being a distraction from the Department\u2019s critical mission. I am proud to have served more than six years among Arlington\u2019s bravest.\u201d<\/p>\n
As of April 2023, Holmes was no longer employed by the Arlington Fire Department, a spokesman said. \u201cWhen made aware of the allegations, the ACFD cooperated fully with investigators,\u201d Capt. Nathaniel C. Hiner said in a statement, referring questions about the case to the FBI.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
A former Arlington County Fire Department employee was arrested Friday in West Virginia on charges of assaulting police and rioting in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, accused of joining a charge that overran a key police line and led to the breach of the building, according to court records. Brian Holmes, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9556,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}