The alarm was set off Sept. 30 in the Cannon office building last month as Republicans sought to initiate voting on a spending measure to keep the government open.

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., indicated Wednesday that he will plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge over pulling a fire alarm in a congressional building on Capitol Hill last month.

Bowman has agreed to pay the maximum fine of $1,000 for one misdemeanor count of falsely pulling a fire alarm — a charge that carries a maximum penalty of six months in jail. He will also provide a formal apology to Capitol Police.

“I am responsible for activating a fire alarm, I will be paying the fine issued, and look forward to these charges being ultimately dropped," Bowman said in a statement Wednesday.

  • Uncle_Bagel@midwest.social
    88·
    1 year ago

    He didn’t pull a red handle fore alarm like you see on a wall. He opened a door that is hooked up to a fire alarm. He claimed the door ir usually wide open and he had no idea that openeing the door would set of an alarm.

    • PupBiru@kbin.social
      101·
      1 year ago

      i read this quote further down the thread:

      In a charging affidavit released Wednesday, an investigator said he had reviewed security camera footage and that Bowman can be seen pushing multiple doors that would not open before he looked at the emergency fire alarm pull station “and upon seeing it, he reached out and pulled the fire alarm down.”

      seems like he was pissed off that he couldn’t exit the building so pulled the fire alarm to release the doors

    • danielton
      113·
      1 year ago

      Um, yeah, he did pull a fire alarm like you see on a wall. Then he ran instead of apologizing for it. A former principal should know a thing or two about fire alarms.