Still images from videos that show Ezekiel “Zeke” Stecher during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Photos from the FBI)
A Gloucester County man forcibly rushed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and assaulted lines of police officers trying to fend off the attack, the FBI alleges in a criminal complaint.
Ezekiel Stecher, of Sewell in Mantua Township, is charged with five crimes related to the Jan. 6 riot, including assault on a federal officer and violently entering the Capitol. He made his first appearance in federal court on Tuesday, in Camden.
Stecher runs Stecher Farms on Bridgeton Pike (Route 45), according to multiple listings.
The FBI learned of Stecher’s alleged involvement in the Capitol attack from a video that was uploaded to an FBI tip line on Jan. 18, authorities said.
Someone asks a man, “What is your name? Where are you from?” and he replies, “Zeke Stecher from New Jersey,” according to the complaint.
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