Bodybuilder Arrested After Being Photographed Dragging Police Office During Capitol Riots
Logan Barnhart was arrested on Tuesday following his role in an attack during the riots on the Capitol.
It has been more than seven months since the Capitol was attacked by a group of pro-Trump rioters. The book has not been closed on the day just yet. Logan Barnhart was been arrested on Tuesday after being identified in a photograph dragging a police officer down a set of stairs during the Capitol riots. HuffPost was the first to report the arrest.
Barnhart is a 40-year-old bodybuilder from Michigan. He has been charged with multiple federal offenses such as assaulting and resisting or impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon. Barnhart made his initial court appearance on Tuesday.
HuffPost also reports that Barnhart was identified with the help of Instagram. There were plenty of people searching for information following the initial attack on the Capitol. Barnhart became a “white whale” for certain groups. The “Sedition Hunters” group gave Barnhart the nickname “CatSweat” because he apparently wore a Caterpillar-brand sweatshirt on the day of the attack.
You can see the attack for which Logan Barnhart aka #CatSweat was arrested in this compilation video – put together for #Scallops (Jack Wade Whitton), but Barnhart appears at center in his Caterpillar sweatshirt as the crowd yells “pull the cops out!” 7/https://t.co/LJJvLA3BAs
— capitolhunters (@capitolhunters) August 17, 2021
“Long-awaited news: #CatSweat is arrested! He’s Logan Barnhardt, bodybuilder from MI. One of the key attackers at the tunnel when Officer Miller was dragged. ID was fast once #SeditionHunters found his clear face shot.”
On Barnhart’s Instagram, a photo of himself wearing the same shirt was discovered from back in July of 2019. This was a factor in finding his identity from the day of the attack. In April, there was a video revealed of Barnhart at the Capitol riots without sunglasses. This allowed sleuths on the internet to get a good look at his face.
Prosecutors alleged that Barnhart was part of a multi-person attack of police officers and was added to a 22-count indictment that features seven people. They say Barnhart dragged the officer down the stairs then he was beaten with a flag pole. He has made his initial court appearance in his home state.
Logan Barnhart last competed in 2019 during the NPC North American Championships. He played fourth in the Men’s Classic Physique Masters Over 35 Class B and 16th in the Men’s Classic Physique Class B.
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