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Timothy Desjardins is accused of assaulting multiple law enforcement officers with a broken wooden table leg at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.

According to the FBI, a 35-year-old man from Providence was accused of carrying a backpack full of axes and attacking multiple people with broken table legs during the rebellion in the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Law enforcement officers.

Authorities said Timothy J. Desjardins attacked the police with a wooden leg on a table on January 6 when he was carrying a backpack full of three axes. The Bureau of Investigation discovered this earlier on January 7, when the man from Rhode Island broke into the bureau’s headquarters.

Timothy Desjardins is accused of assaulting multiple law enforcement officers with a broken wooden table leg at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.

Desjardins was accused of using dangerous weapons to attack multiple law enforcement officials and participating in acts of violence, civil order and disorder. He was the first resident of Rhode Island to be charged in the riot.

He will face these charges in federal court in Washington, DC.

Federal court documents stated that surveillance footage from the U.S. Capitol Police and body camera video showed that Desjardins was wearing a black leather jacket and an "Air Jordan" camouflage backpack in the Capitol on January 6.

The FBI identified these images as Desjardins through his Rhode Island driver's license and October booking photos.

According to court documents, a video posted on YouTube showed that Desjardins used "a lot of force" to hit the officer with a broken wooden table leg when a rebellion broke out in the Capitol at about 4:46 pm.

About a minute later, the authorities stated that shortly after another mob threw a table at the police officer, Desjardins repeatedly attacked another office with the legs of the table.

According to court documents, further footage of Desjardins showed that he was approaching the police again, holding a broken leg in his right hand.

A few hours after the riot at the FBI headquarters on E Street, law enforcement agencies saw Desjardins again. Court documents show that at about 2:15 am on January 7, an FBI officer submitted a reminder on May 29 that the Dejardins were stopped because he tried to get over the chains behind the headquarters.

Authorities said that a police officer stopped Desjardins and interviewed him. The authorities stated that Desjardins provided the police officer with his driver's license. Court documents stated that in an interview, Desjardins said "he was there," presumably referring to the Capitol.

The official said at the time that Desjardins’ backpack contained one or two axes with umbrella cord-wrapped handles. Court records stated that Desjardins said he was “being very good to them”.

Authorities said that Desjardins wore the hat he wore during the rebellion when meeting with the police officer.

Court documents stated that Desjardins was allowed to leave after the official determined that there was no active wanted or arrest warrant.

According to court documents, the backpack was recovered by a police officer of the Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Department later on January 7. This is an "Air Jordan" camouflage backpack with a Desjardins ID, two black walkie-talkies, three axes, a flashlight, various clothes, prescription medicine bottles and a credit card.

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