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Law & Crime reports:
A man in a Donald Trump baseball cap “blind-sided” a U.S. Capitol police officer with a “football-type tackle” on Jan. 6, knocking him off a ledge, prosecutors said in announcing the New Yorker’s arrest on Wednesday.
Ralph Joseph Celentano III, a 54-year-old from Broad Channel, Queens, now faces seven federal charges, including assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers, civil disorder, engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds, and related offenses.
An FBI affidavit shields the name of the cop as “Officer K.E.,” who is identified as an Iraq War veteran. Recounting the incident, Officer K.E. was quoted as saying: “I didn’t survive a war to go out like this.”
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Trump Supporter Arrested After He Allegedly ‘Blind-Sided’ U.S. Capitol Police Officer with ‘Football-Type Tackle’ Off a Ledge on Jan. 6https://t.co/aw9wFUli27
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) March 9, 2022
Court documents place 54-year-old Ralph Joseph Celentano at the site of the Capitol riots and allege that he is a figure responsible for pushing a Capitol police officer off a ledge in what the officer called a “football-type tackle.” https://t.co/bccpcvzLVX
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) March 9, 2022
Queens resident Ralph Joseph Celentano, 54, “blind-sided” a Capitol police officer in a “football-type tackle,” knocking him off a ledge, feds say.
The officer, an Iraq War vet, quoted in papers: “I didn’t survive a war to go out like this.”
FBI arrested Celentano this a.m. pic.twitter.com/krS9m2f4VZ
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) March 9, 2022
New York Man Arrested on Charges for Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach https://t.co/M13e7iZkPs @TheJusticeDept @FBIWFO @NewYorkFBI @EDNYnews
— U.S. Attorney DC (@USAO_DC) March 9, 2022