A man has been charged with felony assault after throwing a Subway sandwich at a federal agent in Washington, D.C.
Sean C. Dunn, 37, was arrested and charged after the incident around 11 p.m. on Sunday, August 10.
It was the evening before U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he was deploying the National Guard to the city and placing police under federal control.
Highlights
- Sean C. Dunn, 37, was charged with felony assault after throwing a Subway sandwich at a federal agent in D.C. on August 10, 2025.
- Dunn shouted obscenities and called federal agents “fascists” before throwing the sandwich, then fled but was quickly caught.
- U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro emphasized the seriousness of assaulting law enforcement and confirmed felony charges against Dunn.
- The incident occurred just before President Trump declared a public emergency and deployed 800 National Guard troops to D.C.
A 37-year-old man was charged with felony assault over the incident
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Footage filmed by a bystander shows Dunn shouting at Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents who were patrolling near 14th Street in Northwest D.C. with Metro Transit Police (MTP) officers.
Dunn can be heard shouting that the officers are “fascists” before shouting “f**k you, fascists.”
He then proceeds to shout “Shame! Shame! Shame!” pointing at the officers as they cross the street.
Over the next few minutes, Dunn is seen crossing the road to approach the agents and begins to shout in the face of one.
According to the criminal complaint, Dunn stood within inches of a CBP agent's face and yelled: “F**k you! You f**king fascists! Why are you here? I don’t want you in my city.”
The complaint alleges that Dunn continued this for several minutes before crossing the street and continuing to yell obscenities.
He then walked back to the agent and threw a Subway sandwich at him, hitting the agent on his shoulder, before running away.
The agents gave chase and Dunn was apprehended.
When he was being processed, the criminal complaint said that he told an MTP officer, “I did it. I threw the sandwich.”
Video footage of the incident has since gone viral.
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“Assault a law enforcement officer, and you’ll be prosecuted,” she said. “This guy thought it was funny—well, he doesn’t think it’s funny today, because we charged him with a felony.”
“Stick your Subway sandwich somewhere else,” she added in a video.
Dunn is understood to have been released from custody pending a court date.
The incident comes amid Trump’s crackdown on crime and homelessness in the city.
Trump has deployed the National Guard to D.C.
On Monday, he declared a public emergency in the District of Columbia and announced he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to the city.
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has also been placed under federal control.
“I’m announcing a historic action to rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam, and squalor and worse,” Trump said.
“This is liberation day in D.C., and we’re going to take our capital back,” he added.
The announcement has sparked backlash from opponents and D.C. residents who have been protesting the deployment.
Crime figures from MPD show that violent crime was down 26% in the first seven months of 2025 compared to 2024, and overall, crime was down about 7%.