Feds say Auburn man jailed in Jan. 6 Capitol Riot too dangerous to be released
As federal officials continue their prosecution of hundreds of suspects from the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot, authorities are urging a judge in Washington, D.C., to keep an Auburn man in jail as a danger to the community who has a lengthy criminal history.
In a stern, 27-page filing made Thursday night in federal court in Washington, D.C., Assistant U.S. Attorney Jacob Strain argues that Sean McHugh was a leader of the alleged insurrectionists who urged them to move toward police and that he traveled from Sacramento to the U.S. Capitol equipped with a megaphone, a holster and a large can of bear spray that could cause permanent eye damage.
“FBI agents identified the defendant in several videos encouraging others to engage in disruptive and disorderly conduct, assaulting law enforcement officers by encouraging and helping other rioters push a large sign into a line of officers, scuffling with an officer in an attempt to defeat a barricade, and spraying an unknown chemical into a line of officers,” the prosecutor wrote in response to a motion seeking McHugh’s release from custody pending the outcome of his case.
“Several videos show multiple instances where McHugh is at the front of rioters encouraging the crowd with his megaphone (recovered in the search of the defendant’s home) to intimidate officers and approach police lines while officers attempt to fend off rioters from breaching various barricades,” the filing states, adding that McHugh shouted “various obscenities” at officers.
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A federal complaint filed against Sean Michael McHugh, 34, of Auburn alleges that McHugh sprayed U.S. Capitol Police officers with a chemical substance and assaulted them with a metal sign during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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