Riot Suspect Collared Thanks To Union Logo On Jacket

The Cherry Hill Courier-Post reports:

A Sewell retiree is accused of pushing a barricade into police officers protecting the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection. The FBI alleges Philip Young, who wore a jacket with his former union’s logo, also flattened the tire of a government vehicle during a riot by supporters of then-President Donald Trump.

A search for Young began in March when the FBI posted online photographs of an unidentified Capitol rioter, says a court record asserting probable cause for his arrest.

It says a jacket worn by the suspect “appears to have a logo on the back that is associated with the Boilermakers Union Local 28 located in Eastampton.” Witnesses interviewed in June and July identified Young from the photos and said he was a former member of the Boilermakers, the statement says.

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