Former NASCAR driver Tighe Scott and his son were arrested Wednesday on charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021 attacks on the Capitol, the DCUS District Attorney’s Office announced.
Tighe Scott, 75, and Jarret Scott, 48, were arrested in Pennsylvania on two felony counts and a couple of misdemeanor charges each, according to to the office. Tighe Scott was identified by agents as a former NASCAR driver by a witness, according to the billing documents.
The office said criminal charges for both men include obstructing law enforcement during a civil disorder and assaulting, resisting or impeding specific officers.
Tighe Scott, who was a race car driver in the 1970s and 1980s, allegedly struck riot shields and tried to wrestle a shield from an officer’s hands while at the Capitol, the office said. The office also said Jarret Scott allegedly held a golf club while pushing and resisting police shields.
The pair were arrested Wednesday along with Scott Alex Slater Jr. and Scott Slater Sr., another father-son duo who the office said were at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Body-worn camera and publicly available footage identified the four men at the Capitol that day, according to the press release.
The office said the four entered restricted areas of the Capitol and physically engaged officers. Around 4 p.m., the four men “verbally harassed” officers at a police line while Slater Jr. allegedly threw a flag pole and struck one of the officers, according to the office.
Slater Jr. allegedly threw an “AREA CLOSED” sign toward the line of officers just seconds later, the press release stated.
The office noted that more than 1,424 individuals have been charged in nearly every state with crimes related to actions taken in the January 6 riot. More than 500 individuals have been accused of assaulting or impeding law enforcement officers.
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