A Montana fire chief who lost a previous job over a coronavirus vaccine mandate has been charged with spraying a chemical irritant on police officers during the riot at the U.S.

Prosecutors say that Frank Dahlquist sprayed “an orange-colored chemical agent” directly into the face of one officer and later sprayed a second officer as supporters of former president Donald Trump attacked the Capitol building in Washington D.C., according to court documents unsealed Wednesday.

He was identified in part by matching his distinctive facial hair with a photo from the riot to a TV news story about firefighters who were terminated from a fire department near Seattle in April 2022 after the agency required a COVID-19 vaccination, court documents state.

Later that year, Dahlquist was named chief of West Valley Fire Rescue, near Helena, Montana.

No lawyer was listed for Dahlquist in court records, and he did not immediately respond to phone and email messages seeking comment. The Associated Press also left messages with the fire department.

Dahlquist was charged with assault, obstruction of law enforcement and other counts. The case was first reported by the online publication Court Watch.

He is also accused of throwing a piece of lumber toward a line of police officers, though it fell short of the officers and did not come close to hitting them, prosecutors said. FBI agents confirmed his identity by talking to firefighters who had worked with him in in Issaquah, Washington and identified him from video and photos taken on Jan. 6. They also provided his cellphone number, which was traced to the restricted area of the Capitol that day.

  • vexikron
    18·
    1 year ago

    Yep, another law abiding, responsible Republican civil servant.

    Thank God we can count on the unimpeachable moral fiber of such upstanding citizens to protect our American Way of Life.

    …

    Who wants to bet one of his family members is literally right now explaining to their friends that he was just there to put out terrorist fires started by FBIAntifa, and all the videos of him are deepfakes funded by AntiSemitic George Soros, and the rest of the witnesses against him are part of a plot of Zionist Ukranian Spies?

    Oh and also he managed to see an open laptop with NEVER BEFORE SEEN HILARY EMAILS in uh, like Marjorie Taylor Greene’s office or something, and thats the REAL REASON this is happening to him!!!

      • vexikron
        1·
        1 year ago

        My God.

        I, thankfully, am now many states away from my QTard Father who explained to me, in person, with his equipment illegally stored in his apartment’s garage, how he manufactures firearms illegal to posses in the state I am from, /without serial numbers/.

        I have not felt that same sense of bewilderment, terror, while also having to nod along until watching this video.

        The utterly impenetrable delusion and sense of entitlement so ingrained that they do not even realize they have it… thats it, right there.

        She is literally too mentally deficient to work through how she is responsible for the predictable effects of a thing she did.

        The entire time its a pity party for her.

        There is nothing behind those eyes that one could not sense from something like a cow milling about on a field. No deep reflection, sure emotions are there but its basically about the same as watching a docile and overly disciplined 8 year old cry over getting caught cheating on a test at school.

        Absolutely astounding.

        …

        I wonder at what point she will realize that as a convicted felon she will not be able to vote again.

        She will certainly blame everything other than her own actions.

        What a truly incompetent and irresponsible person.

    • somethingsnappy@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      MT is a special place. Please don’t move there. The weather is 1579% crazier than other states claim, and you will be eaten by a mountain lion. If you’re wondering why I didn’t say grizzly, don’t ask.