Milton Teen Assaulted Federal Officers At U.S. Capitol Riot: FBI

MILTON, GA — A teenager from Milton was arrested Friday on charges related to criminal acts at the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, according to the FBI.

Bruno Joseph Cua, 18, of Milton, was charged with multiple offenses, including assaulting a federal officer, civil disorder, obstruction of an official proceeding, entering a restricted building, and engaging on obstruction of the Capitol Grounds, according to federal court documents.

According to a federal criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and obtained late Monday by Patch, Cua was identified in a photograph from the riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The FBI was also viewed Cua's Instagram account, where he said in a story, "Yes, for everyone asking I stormed the capital (sic) with hundreds of thousands of patriots. I'll do a whole video explaining what happened, this is history. What happened was unbelievable... Yes, we physically fought our way in," according to the FBI report. The screenshot was taken at 5:33 p.m. on Jan. 6.

A video from The New Yorker titled, “A Reporter’s Video from Inside the Capitol Siege” shows footage from the riot, and shows Cua in the Senate Gallery, the FBI said. In the same video, Cua can be heard off-camera saying, "They can steal an election, but we can’t sit in their chairs?" His voice was identified by a law enforcement officer who has had direct interactions with Cua, including in-person in Milton.

Cua can be seen in the video outside the Senate Chamber doors, in a physical altercation with U.S. Capitol Police plain clothes officers, holding a baton in his hand, according to federal court reports.

A Parler account associated with Cua was also used in the FBI report, stating he "actively encouraged the events on the sixth for 11 days leading up to the domestic terrorist attack."