An Alabama man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting law enforcement and other charges during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol.

Authorities say 44-year-old Robert James Bonham, of Shelby County, is charged in the District of Columbia with felony offenses of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers and obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder.

The Wilsonville man is also charged with several misdemeanor offenses, including entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, and act of physical violence in the Capitol grounds or buildings.

Specifically, according to court documents, federal officials allege Bonham was armed with a flagpole bearing an American flag during the siege while the joint session of Congress was underway to certify the vote count of the Electoral College in the 2020 presidential election.

Bonham is accused of trying to stab a law enforcement officer with that flagpole. He was taken into custody by FBI agents in Shelby County last week and has a court appearance, via Zoom, scheduled for next week in Birmingham.

Bonham is one of more than a dozen people arrested in Alabama in connection with the Capitol breach.

According to court documents, Bonham was identified in police body-worn camera footage on Jan. 6, 2021, armed with a flagpole bearing an American flag, at approximately 2:32 p.m. on the Capitol’s Upper West Plaza, where officers were retreating under pressure from advancing rioters.

Moments later, at approximately 2:33 p.m., it is alleged that officers commanded Bonham and others to “move back.”

Instead of complying, records state, Bonham allegedly raised the flagpole and thrust it forward toward an officer in an apparent attempt to stab him. Body-worn camera footage shows the flagpole making contact with the officer, constituting a forcible assault and obstructing the officer’s duties.

After the alleged attack, the officer reacted immediately, grabbing the flagpole with his left hand, prompting a physical struggle with Bonham as the officer tried to disarm him.

Court documents say that additional officers moved in to assist, ordering Bonham to release the weapon.

Despite multiple commands to “let it go,” authorities say Bonham refused, shouting, “No”

A tense standoff ensued until Bonham regained control of the flagpole and returned to the mob, records state.

Authorities released footage of the incident, and the FBI received a tip that the images were Bonham, who the tipster said lived in Alabaster.

“The tipster reported that they personally knew Bonham and had spoken with Bonham about his activities at the Capitol on January 6, 2021,’’ according to charging documents. “The FBI subsequently reviewed social media posts and pictures provided by the tipster of Bonham wearing clothing matching the clothing worn by Bonham on January 6, 2021.”

The case is being investigated by the FBI’s Birmingham and Washington field offices which identified Bonham as BOLO (Be on the Lookout) #368 on its seeking information images.

This case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the Department of Justice National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section. The Northern District of Alabama’s U.S. Attorney’s Office is assisting.

In the 46 months since Jan. 6, 2021, more than 1,561 people have been charged in nearly all 50 states for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol, including more than 590 individuals charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement, a felony. The investigation remains ongoing.

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