The affidavit successful enactment of a transgression ailment and apprehension warrant for Benjamen Scott Burlew is photographed Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. Berlew of Miami, Okla., is seen connected video pushing Associated Press lensman John Minchillo implicit a partition extracurricular the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot. Burlew is the 2nd idiosyncratic to beryllium charged with Minchillo, who was documenting the mob of erstwhile President Donald Trump's supporters that day. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

The affidavit successful enactment of a transgression ailment and apprehension warrant for Benjamen Scott Burlew is photographed Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. Berlew of Miami, Okla., is seen connected video pushing Associated Press lensman John Minchillo implicit a partition extracurricular the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot. Burlew is the 2nd idiosyncratic to beryllium charged with Minchillo, who was documenting the mob of erstwhile President Donald Trump's supporters that day. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

PHOENIX – An Oklahoma antheral seen connected video pushing an Associated Press lensman implicit a partition extracurricular the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot has been arrested, authorities said Tuesday.

Benjamen Scott Burlew of Miami, Oklahoma, is the 2nd idiosyncratic to beryllium charged with attacking lensman John Minchillo, who was documenting the mob of erstwhile President Donald Trump's supporters that day.

Burlew is accused of yelling at, grabbing, dragging and yet pushing Minchillo implicit a debased chromatic partition connected the Capitol grounds.

Authorities accidental Burlew was among respective radical who attacked Minchillo, who was wearing a helmet-style state disguise and was dragged by different idiosyncratic down the exterior stairs by his lanyard with Associated Press lettering.

At the bottommost of the stairs, Burlew and 3 different radical grabbed the lensman and pushed, shoved and dragged him again, the FBI said.

Minchillo aboriginal recovered himself backed up against a chromatic partition by the attackers. The FBI said Burlew lunged toward the lensman and shoved him implicit the wall, causing Minchillo to onshore connected his back. Burlew leaned implicit the partition to witnesser Minchillo’s fall, according to tribunal records.

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Burlew is charged with battle successful peculiar territorial jurisdiction and committing acts of carnal unit connected restricted grounds, according to tribunal records released Tuesday. He was arrested connected Thursday.

Burlew’s lawyer didn’t respond to requests to remark Tuesday connected the allegations against his client.

Associated Press spokesperson Lauren Easton said it is “deeply troubling erstwhile journalists are targeted for simply doing their jobs.”

“These charges are an encouraging motion that those who attacked journalists connected Jan. 6 volition beryllium held accountable,” she said successful an email.

Last month, Alan William Byerly of Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, was arrested connected charges of assaulting Minchillo and constabulary officers during the riot.

Several different radical person been charged with assaulting journalists, inciting unit against members of the property oregon destroying camera instrumentality belonging to journalists covering the riot, including an AP video crew.

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A Pennsylvania pistillate has been accused of filming an onslaught connected — and allegedly yelling for the attackers to mace — a New York Times lensman during the Jan. 6 riot.

Nearly 600 radical person been charged with national crimes related to the riots successful the six months since the siege. Dozens person been charged with assaulting constabulary officers who were trying to support the Capitol.

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