A man who smashed the windows of Ashli Babbitt’s window in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was arrested Saturday after a family member charged the FBI, federal prosecutors said.
Zachary Jordan Alam has been arrested in Pennsylvania on charges of assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous or deadly weapon, destruction of government property, illegal access to a restricted building without legal authority, and violent entry and disorderly conduct, a federal criminal charge said.
In the photos and videos that quoted the statement, an FBI officer said Alam saw him trespassing on the Capitol site “with a dark jacket, a black and brown fur hat and a black shirt with a yellow and red label on the front. “
Video footage showed Alam – with his mask pulled off – pushing past security personnel and shouting “F — the blue! before reaching the doors of the Speaker’s Lobby, which leads to the Living Room, reads the statement.
There, Alam grabbed a black helmet from another riot and used it to break the glass panes, according to the document. Shortly afterwards, Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt tried to climb through the broken glass and was fatally shot by a Capitol police officer, the statement said.
Alam was arrested after an anonymous family member contacted the FBI National Threat Operations Center on January 14, the court document reads.
The court report did not say whether he retained a lawyer. Attempts to contact Alam by telephone at figures indicated for his home were unsuccessful.
Alam was the latest in a handful of rioters for whom family members and ex-romantic partners became authorities for their alleged involvement in the Capitol invasion.
Retired Air Force lieutenant Larry Brock was arrested on January 10 after his 18-year-old ex-wife contacted the FBI’s national threat center and said she recognized him in a video.
Accused rioter Guy Reffitt, an apparent member of a Texas militia group, was arrested and charged with threatening his adult children if they “crossed the border and reported him to the authorities,” according to a criminal complaint. His son, Jackson Reffitt, apparently made the call before his father allegedly threatened his family, the statement said.
Dozens of other people were arrested or charged after the pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol in a riot that led to the deaths of five people, including Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick.
