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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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.
J6 rioter now accused of kidnapping and aggravated assault
A pattern has emerged as another Jan. 6 rioter has landed in legal trouble, as Republicans have aimed to minimize the insurrectionist rioters and whether they were armed, according to an MSNBC report Monday. John Emanuel Banuelos, 40, was arrested last month on kidnapping and sexual assault charges ...
Pardoned Capitol Rioter Faces Sexual Assault Charges
“A U.S. Capitol riot defendant who was accused of firing a gun into the air while among the mob on Capitol grounds on January 6, 2021, now faces charges of sexual assault and kidnapping in Utah,” CBS News reports.
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