Air Force veteran hit with felony sandwich assault
“I did it. I threw a sandwich,” Sean Dunn told an officer.
Patty Nieberg
Aug 16, 2025 11:37 AM EDT
A man, who was later arrested for assaulting law enforcement with a sandwich, interacts with Border Patrol and FBI agents along the U Street corridor on August 10, 2025, in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump ordered an increased presence of federal law enforcement to Washington, DC in an effort to curb crime. (Photo by Andrew Leyden/Getty Images)
The man at the center of a sandwich-turned-felony encounter in Washington D.C. is as Air Force veteran. Sean Charles Dunn, 37, gained Internet fame but a felony arrest this week after launching a sandwich at a federal immigration enforcement officer in Washington D.C.
The Pentagon confirmed to Task & Purpose that Dunn was an Air Force staff sergeant, serving as a cyber transport systems specialist from July 2006 to May 2011. Dunn’s last assignment was Spangdahlem Air Base in southwest Germany.
Dunn was charged with a felony count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding U.S. federal officers on Wednesday in connection with a Sunday confrontation with a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer. Dunn’s actions “included shouted verbal insults” and “forcefully” throwing a “wrapped sandwich,” Department of Justice officials said in a release. He appeared in a federal district court Thursday and was released.
The confrontation began when he approached CPB officers, pointed a finger in one officer’s face and shouted “F— you! You f—ing fascists! Why are you here? I don’t want you in my city!” according to the DOJ release.
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