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WASHINGTON — An alleged Jan. 6 participant charged with assaulting officers during the attack on the U.S. Capitol was identified with the help of facial recognition and a scar above his left eye. Joshua Lee Atwood was known as “LeadPipeGuy” by online 'sedition hunters,' who identified him to the bureau back in 2021. Court records show that Atwood was arrested by the FBI on Wednesday in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, and charged with assaulting law enforcement on Jan. 6.
He appears to have thrown a bottle that struck an officer, a long silver pole that struck an officer, a small square object, and another small object that appeared to be a bottle, according to the FBI. He also used a long wooden pole to 'strike multiple officers using a stabbing motion with a significant amount of force' before he threw that pole, used a stolen police shield to strike another officer's shield and threw a metal pipe, the bureau said.
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