Man arrested in Central Florida hit officer in head with skateboard during Capitol riot, feds say

MEREDITH HAS NEW DETAILS ON THE CASE FROM TODAY’S HEARING. >> VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE IMAGES OF GRADY OWENS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IMAGES THAT HELPED THE FBI CATCH HIM. OWENS’ STORY STARTS JANUARY 6, THE DAY OF THE RIOTS ON CAPITOL HILL. HE IS ACCUSED OF HITTING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ON THE HEAD WITH HIS SKATEBOARD SO HARD THE OFFICER GOT A CONCUSSION. OWENS’ PICTURE WAS FEATURED ON THE FBI’S MOST WANTED INSURRECTIONIST LIST. AND IN SHORT ORDER, HE WAS IDENTIFIED. USING TECHNOLOGY, THE FEDS LOCATED HIS CAR WITH A TEXAS T PARKED IN TWO PLACES, FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY, WHERE OWENS SAYS HE’S STUDYING MUSIC PRODUCTION, AND AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN WINTER PARK, WHERE HE LIVES. OWENS WAS ARRESTED, AND SINCE HE’S CONSIDERED A FLIGHT RISK, HE’S BEEN IN FEDERAL CUSTODY EVER SINCE IN FRIDAY’S HEARING, OWENS’ ATTORNEY MADE THE PITCH TO LET HIM LIVE WITH RELATIVES IN LONGWOOD WHILE BEING CAREFULLY MONITORE THE JUDGE SAID NO FOR SEVERA REASONS. NUMBER ONE, HE’S ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. NUMBER TWO, THE JUDGE SAID HIS VIOLENCE RATCHETED UP THE CROWD AND LED TO MORE VIOLENCE, AND, NUMBER THREE, ALTHOUGH OWENS DOESN’T HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES, HIS PARENT D THEY PAY FOR COLLEGE, HIS APARTMENT, AND TRAVEL, WHICH IN THE PAST HAS TAKEN HIM OUT OF THE COUNTRY. SO FOR NOW, GRADY OWENS WI STAY IN JAIL UNDER THE WATCH OF THE U.S. MARSHALS’ OFFIC AFTER THE HEARING WHEN GRADY OWENS WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE COURTROOM, HE TURNED TO HI FAMILY AND MOUTHED, "I’M SORRY, GUYS." IN ORANGE COUNTY, MICHELLE MEREDITH, WESH 2 NEWS. SUMMER: FULL SAIL IDENTIFIED OWENS AS A POT