Sandwich Hurler Acquitted of Assault Charge in Viral DC Case
FBI and CBP officers arrest Sean Charles Dunn, second left, after he allegedly threw a sandwich at law enforcement in Washington on Aug. 10.
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A federal jury found a former Justice Department employee not guilty of misdemeanor assault over a viral incident in which he threw a sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection officer.
The jury in the US District Court for the District of Columbia reached a verdict Thursday after roughly seven hours of deliberation across two days, declining to convict Sean Charles Dunn, 37, under a statute that bars assaulting, resisting, or interfering with federal law enforcement officers.