Uber driver turns in Jan. 6 defendant who allegedly bragged that he ‘tore down the barricades’

A The golden state guy was that is implicated of having problem with police and also striking a digital photographer with a wood slab throughout the Jan. 6 trouble at the Capitol in 2015 was detained after his Uber motorist that evening tipped off detectives, according to just recently unsealed court documents. 

Jerry Daniel Braun is dealing with costs of blockage throughout civil problem, getting in and also continuing to be on limited premises, and also terrible or disorderly conduct after his apprehension previously this month. 

Braun was gotten by an Uber motorist on the night of Jan. 6 concerning one mile from the Capitol, and also their discussion was tape-recorded on a dashcam installed in the automobile. 

“So, has it been terrible all the time?” the motorist asked. 

“Well, it began about, right when I arrived. I took down the barriers,” Braun purportedly reacted. 

The FBI assessed police police officers’ body video camera video clips of Jan. 6 and also saw Braun “literally having problem with law-enforcement police officers making use of a barrier” around 3:15 p.m., according to the criminal issue. 

GUY THAT PARKED TOOLS NEAR CAPITOL ON 1/6 OBTAINS JAIL

Concerning 15 mins later on, Braun might be seen possessing an eight-foot wood slab and also steering it towards authorities “in a hostile way.” 

“In one circumstances recorded on the police officer body video camera video clips, [Braun] expands the timber slab and also literally strikes a person that is using a headgear with the message ‘PRESS’ presented throughout the front (the digital photographer),” an FBI representative created in the issue. 

Photos in the issue program Braun with what seems a cut over his eye. 

When the FBI executed a search warrant at Braun’s Los Angeles Region residence in November, he informed representatives that he “stumbled, dropped, and also ‘broken’ his head as he went through the city lugging pizza after validating an Uber flight” on the night of Jan. 6. 

Mind likewise informed representatives that he was “guilty” throughout that search warrant, according to the issue. 

Virtually 800 individuals have actually been billed with government criminal offenses connected to the trouble, greater than 250 of which have actually begged guilty.