A Colorado man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges, including assaulting law enforcement, related to his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.
Todd Branden Casey, 53, of Denver, Colorado, is charged in a criminal complaint filed in the District of Columbia with felony offenses of civil disorder and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers. In addition to the felonies, Casey is charged with misdemeanor offenses of 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, impeding passage through the capitol grounds or buildings, and act of physical violence in the capitol grounds or buildings.
Casey was arrested on Aug. 30, 2023, in Georgetown, Colorado, and made his initial appearance in the District of Colorado.
According to court documents, by approximately 2:00 p.m. on Jan. 6, 2021, a police line was set up on the West Plaza on Capitol grounds in an effort to protect the U.S. Capitol from advancing rioters. Metal barriers composed of bike racks were set up to act as barriers between the officers and the rioters. According to police body-worn camera footage, an individual, later identified as Casey, approached a Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officer at about 2:11 p.m., shouting, “F*** you. F*** all of you. F*** all of you.”