Leander Antwione Williams, a former player for the Detroit Lions, is one of the first Capitol riot suspects to be charged since Donald Trump’s 2024 election win.

Former Detroit Lions linebacker Leander Antwione Williams has reportedly been arrested and charged with assaulting police officers during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, authorities arrested Williams on Thursday in Savannah, Georgia, where he will appear in federal court.

A former professional American football player has been charged in connection with the riot at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021. Antwoine Williams is facing felony charges of civil disorder and assaulting, resisting or impeding police, along with several lesser misdemeanour charges.

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The U.S. Attorney’s Office has charged 31-year-old Leander Antwione Williams with assaulting and obstructing law enforcement during a civil disorder. He was arrested in Savannah, Georgia on Thursday.

Leander Antwione Williams, a linebacker who played with the Lions in the 2016 season, is charged with two felonies in connection with the attack on the Capitol in 2021.

A former Detroit Lions linebacker was arrested and charged with allegedly assaulting law enforcement and other offenses over the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).