Tontitown man arrested during Jan. 6 riots

Three and a half years after a mob of Donald Trump supporters protested at the U.S. Capitol, the FBI has arrested a Tontitown man on charges of assaulting a police officer and other offenses that day.

The FBI has arrested David Michael CamdenCamden, 45, in Fayetteville on Monday and released him on $5,000 unsecured bail. According to a complaint filed by an FBI agent in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., Camden moved from Washington state to Arkansas after the coronavirus pandemic.

Camden is charged with assaulting, resisting, or obstructing certain officers and disorderly conduct. He is also charged with several misdemeanor counts, including committing physical violence in an unrestricted building or grounds, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive speech in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, and committing physical violence on Capitol grounds or buildings.

A court document alleges that Camden yelled at officers outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and pushed a barricade of bike racks into a line of officers. “In response, officers successfully pushed back Camden’s advance and deployed a chemical irritant in his direction to prevent further assault,” the U.S. Justice Department said in a news release announcing Camden’s arrest.

At approximately 2:11 p.m. that day, Camden allegedly deployed a fire extinguisher toward a police line. “Camden then proceeded to a media tower that was being assembled for the upcoming inauguration, and once at the media tower, Camden climbed the tower and waved a Three Percenters flag over the crowd of rioters,” the press release said. “Court documents state that ‘the Three Percenters are an American far-right, anti-government militia group.’”

The rioters were protesting the certification of President Joe Biden's 2020 election victory over Donald Trump.