A television actor was charged with several charges, including assaulting a federal police officer, during the January 6 riot in the United States Capitol building.
Fox News 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. A criminal complaint filed on February 16 shows that Coffee has been charged with the following five charges: assaulting a federal police officer with a dangerous weapon; interference with the police during civil unrest; obstruction of an official procedure; illegal entry into restricted areas and disorderly conduct in Capitol areas.
A special FBI agent found a probable cause for believing that Coffee was one of the people who broke into the Capitol building on January 6 and “used a crutch to assault Washington DC Metropolitan Police Department officers,” according to the lawsuit. judicial.
“Based on the information I analyzed, I estimate that between approximately 4:00 pm and 4:30 pm, Coffee was on the steps of the Capitol, specifically on the steps of the entrance to the Lower Terrace tunnel,” wrote the special agent.
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An FBI agent identified Luke Coffee, 41, from Texas as the man in this photo, wielding a crutch as a weapon.
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Coffee then “seemed to make several statements” while turning “to the crowd”, the complaint alleges. In crime scene videos, including cameras on the policeman’s body, the FBI agent said he “observed Coffee making physical contact with MPD and USCP officers.”
“One of the cameras on the MPD policeman’s body shows that, at approximately 4:28 pm, Coffee retrieved a crutch from the area at the top of the stairs to the Lower Terrace area,” says the agent. At some point, continues the agent, Coffee is seen in videos holding the crutch over his head.
“At approximately 4:28 pm, Coffee lowered the crutch approximately to his chest and then lowered it to his waist and started pushing the crutch into the MPD and USCP line of officers,” says the agent.
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The complaint includes photos believed to be of Coffee wearing a brown cowboy hat and camouflage jacket among protesters on Capitol Hill. The agent investigating the matter said he identified Coffee as the individual holding the crutch through comparisons of photos and videos made by civilians who know him, as well as by a college colleague who happens to be a special FBI agent.
The FBI agent says he used videos with body cameras to identify the former “Friday Night Lights” star.
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Another video seen by the agent “shows Coffee making physical contact with an MPD officer to the left of a [of] MPD officers equipped with the aforementioned body camera. This MPD officer appears to grab Coffee with his right hand in an attempt to force him to retreat while Coffee continues to hold the crutch below his waist. “
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In another instance of the scene, the agent says that Coffee “attacked the police while still holding the crutch. The video also shows Coffee holding the crutch more aggressively and in a position in relation to the police.”
Luke Coffee is accused of pushing the crutch into the line of MPD and USCP officers.
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An FBI agent in Dallas conducted an interview with Coffee on January 13, in which he “admitted to being present at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021,” according to the documents.
“Coffee informed the interviewing agent that he was wearing a brown hat and raised a crutch over his head while on Capitol Hill,” according to the documents.
The 41-year-old Dallas resident denied having been involved in physical confrontations during an interview with the FBI.
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The former actor, however, denied having been involved “in any kind of physical confrontation with the police while on Capitol Hill,” said the agent.
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According to an IMDB profile for Coffee, the Texas resident played minor roles on several TV shows, including “Murder Made Me Famous”, “Friday Night Lights” and “Chase”.
Coffee did not immediately respond to Fox News’s request for comment.