Jan. 7—A Centerville man and his son are accused of assaulting police at the U.S. Capitol building during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach.
Joseph Charles Valentour, 66, and 26-year-old Jonathan Wayne “Duke” Valentour of Boulder, Colorado, are facing felony assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers and obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder charges in federal court, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Columbia.
They are also facing five misdemeanors — 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.
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Joseph Valentour was arrested Friday in Dayton. His son was arrested Monday in Colorado.
FBI agents identified Joseph Valentour as a potential suspect in the assault of multiple Metropolitan Police Officers during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol breach.
Body camera reportedly showed Joseph Valentour approaching the police line at the Lower West Terrace and then intentionally backing into the line.
An officer tried to push him back, but other rioters grabbed the officer’s baron and dragged him into the crowd, according to court records.
Shortly after, Joseph Valentour was shown on body camera pushing against the police line again. He’s accused of touching an officer’s shield multiple times and worker with others to try and disarm the officer.
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“Valentour’s efforted were eventually successful and the officer fell down the stairs as a result,” a criminal complaint read. “Another officer went to assist the fallen officer; Valentour lowered his shoulder to hip height and forcibly used his body weight to charge at and push the assisting officer below the officer’s center of gravity, thereby impeding the assisting officer’s forward movement.”
Duke Valentour was in the same area as his father and reportedly forcibly pushed other people in front of him into the police line.
After he attempted to grab and interfere with officers, police pushed him down the steps, according to court records. Duke Valentour went back up the stairs with another rioter and again tried to interfere with police by pushing the other rioter into the police line.
“A nearby police officer deployed pepper spray in Duke’s direction and Duke quickly retreated back down the stairs into the mob,” the complaint read.
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