Tomball man arrested for allegedly using bear spray to attack officers during Jan. 6 Capitol riot

TOMBALL, Texas — A Tomball man was taken into custody Monday after he allegedly assaulted law enforcement officers with bear spray during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

He has been identified as 50-year-old William Hendry Mellors. His charges, which are felony and misdemeanor offenses, include assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers using a dangerous weapon, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

According to court documents, Mellors traveled from Houston Hobby Airport on a Southwest Airlines flight to Baltimore, Maryland on Jan. 5. He admitted to FBI investigators that he attended the pro-Trump rally on Jan. 6 and joined protestors as they made their way to the Capital that day.

Mellors and other protestors became combative with officers at the Capitol and Mellors was caught on surveillance cameras using a chemical substance to attack officers, that appeared to be a commercially available bear spray, said the U.S. Attorney's Office.

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