US EditionMan accused of firing a gun during Capitol riot is arrested on kidnapping and sexual assault charges
- After surveillance tied him to Jan. 6, authorities arrested John Emanuel Banuelos, 40, in Illinois last month on a Salt Lake County warrant; video shows him firing two shots at the U.S. Capitol.
- Approximately three months ago DNA evidence linked John Emanuel Banuelos, 40, to the assault, and Salt Lake County court records unsealed last Thursday reveal felony charges after a woman said she was drugged, sexually assaulted, struck, strangled and threatened.
- Banuelos' legal history includes a March 2024 Capitol-related arrest and more than two dozen prior arrests in Illinois and Utah, police said.
- On Monday, John Emanuel Banuelos remained jailed in Cook County, Illinois, with officials unsure if he has an attorney, while others accused of Jan. 6 involvement face unrelated charges.
- President Donald Trump's January clemency wiped away Jan. 6 charges against John Emanuel Banuelos, who said `I'm not worried about it,` as others face separate weapons arrests like June 2023.
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A man accused of shooting a gun in the air during a mob attack on the U.S. Capitol has been arrested on charges of having abducted and sexually assaulted a woman in Utah more than two years before the January 6, 2021 riots, according to recently declassified authorities and court documents. John Emanuel Banuelos, 40, was arrested in Illinois last month under an arrest warrant issued by Salt Lake County, Utah. On Monday he was detained in Cook Co…
Former Jan. 6 defendant who shot gun in air during Capitol riot charged with kidnapping and sexual assault
John Banuelos, 40, from Utah, was arrested on Oct. 17 while pulling out of a fast-food restaurant in a rideshare car in Chicago, the Cook County Sheriff's Office announced in a statement posted to social media on Friday.
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Man accused of firing a gun during Capitol riot is arrested on kidnapping and sexual assault charges
A man accused of firing a gun in the air during a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol has been arrested on charges that he kidnapped and sexually assaulted a woman in Utah more than two years before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.
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