New Jersey Man Arrested for Allegedly Assaulting Officers and Spraying Them With Chemicals During Capitol Riot

Stills from police body-worn camera video footage allegedly showing Christopher Quaglin (with a red box around him) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 6, 2021. Quaglin was arrested on April 6, 2021. Department of Justice

A New Jersey man was arrested on April 7 in connection with the Jan. 6 the Capitol incident, with federal prosecutors accusing him of assaulting multiple law enforcement officers, spraying them with a chemical irritant, and stealing their riot shields.

Christopher Joseph Quaglin, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was arrested on Wednesday and is facing charges of assaulting, resisting or impeding officers, civil disorder, and obstruction of an official proceeding, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).