A television actor has been charged with several counts, including assaulting a federal law enforcement officer, during the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol building.
Fox News has obtained federal court documents identifying Luke Coffee, 41, of Dallas, Texas, as a man who used a crutch as a weapon during the January 6 riot. According to a criminal complaint filed on February 16, Coffee is charged with the following five charges: assault by the federal law enforcement officer with dangerous weapon; interference with law enforcement officers during civil disorder; obstruction of an official process; illegal access on restricted grounds and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.
An FBI Special Agent has apparently found reason to believe that Coffee was one of the people who stormed the Capitol building on January 6 and used a crutch to assault police officers from the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington. ‘according to the court document.
“Based on the information I checked, I estimate that coffee was on the steps of the Capitol building between about 4pm and 4.30pm, specifically on the steps of the entrance of the Lower Terrace tunnel,” the special agent written.
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An FBI agent has identified Luke Coffee (41) from Texas as the man in this photo using a crutch as a weapon.
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Coffee then apparently “made a number of statements” while “turning to the crowd”, the complaint alleges. In videos of the scene, including cameras for officers, the FBI agent said he “observed that Coffee was physically contacting MPD and USCP officers.”
“One of the MPD officers’ body combs shows that Coffee retrieved a crutch from the area at the top of the stairs to the Lower Terrace area around 4:28 p.m.,” the agent said. At one point, the agent continues, coffee is seen in videos holding the crutch over his head.
“At about 4:28 p.m., coffee lowered the crutch to about chest height and then lowered it to lower abdomen and continued to push the crutch in the line of MPD and USCP officers,” the agent said.
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The complaint includes photos allegedly of coffee wearing a brown cowboy hat and a camouflage jacket among rioters at the Capitol. The agent investigating the case said he identified Coffee as the individual holding the crutch through comparisons of photos and videos by civilians who knew him, as well as a classmate of the university who happened to be a special agent at the The FBI was.
The FBI agent says he used body comb videos to identify the former “Friday Night Lights” star.
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Another video watched by the agent shows coffee coming into physical contact with an MPD officer to the left of one [of] the MPD officers equipped with the aforementioned body comb. It looks like this MPD officer is grabbing Coffee with his right hand in an attempt to force Coffee back while Coffee still holds the crutch under his waist. ‘
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In another case at the scene, Agent Coffee says he charged the officers while still holding the crutch. In the video you can also see how Koffie holds the crutch in a more aggressive way and towards the police officers.
Luke Coffee is accused of pushing the crutch in the line of MPD and USCP officers.
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An FBI agent in Dallas interviewed Coffee on Jan. 13 in which he “admitted he was at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021,” according to the documents.
“Coffee told the maintenance agent that he was wearing a brown hat and holding a crutch over his head while at the Capitol,” according to the documents.
The 41-year-old Dallas resident denied during an interview with the FBI that he had physical confrontations.
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However, the former actor denied that he “involved any physical confrontation with the police in the Capitol building”, the agent said.
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According to an IMDB profile for Coffee, the Texas resident played small roles in several TV shows, including “Murder Made Me Famous,” “Friday Night Lights” and “Chase.”
Coffee did not immediately return Fox News’ request for comment.