Brownsburg man arrested for attacking officers on Jan. 6

A man from Brownsburg, Indiana was arrested Thursday on felony charges, including assaulting law enforcement officers, during the U.S. Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021.

Troy Allen Koen, 53, is charged in the District of Columbia with felony offenses of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers, destruction of government property, and obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder.

Koen is also charged with several misdemeanors, including knowingly entering a restricted building without lawful authority, engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds, and more.

Court documents allege that Koen marched to the Capitol on January 6^th where he eventually got to the front of a large crowd of rioters. He then started several violent struggles when he and other rioters forcibly removed barriers set up by police. In one of these struggles, an officer was knocked forward and dragged down to the ground.

After police retreated and barricaded themselves in the Lower West Terrace Tunnel, the group along with Koen flooded the tunnel. Koen wielded a large, white pole with two flags attached; one said “Trump 2020” and the other was a confederate flag.

The flagpole was used to smash glass doors the police were barricaded behind, allowing rioters to open the doors. Koen then used the poles to jab into the police line, then left the tunnel.

Koen was arrested in Indianapolis on November 9^th. He was expected to make his initial appearance in the Southern District of Indiana the same day. At the time of publication, Koen does not have an attorney listed and could not be reached for comment.

Since Jan. 6, 2021, more than 1,200 people have been charged in all 50 states for crimes related to the U.S. Capitol breach.