FILE - Peter Moloney, of Moloney Family Funeral Homes in Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y., rides his Harley Davidson hearse from the Tombstone Hearse Co. of Alum Bank, Pa., in New York, May 24, 2007. Maloney was arrested Wednesday, June 7, 2023, on charges that he sprayed wasp killer at police officers and assaulted journalists including an Associated Press photographer during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, authorities said.
A woman who answered the phone at Moloney Family Funeral Homes, where he is listed as co-owner, said they had no comment. Video shows Moloney spraying the insecticide at officers who were desperately trying to beat back the angry mob and protect the Capitol, the agent wrote., who was documenting the violence at the Capitol. Moloney grabbed the AP photographer's camera and pulled, causing the photographer to stumble down the stairs, the agent wrote. Moloney was then seen “punching and shoving” the photographer before other rioters pushed the photographer over a wall, the agent wrote.