Remember that guy who threw a can of alcohol at Senator Ted Cruz during the parade to celebrate the World Series championship victory of the Houston Astros? His case went before a grand jury and he was no-billed. He is free to celebrate another victory.

Joseph Halm Arcidiacono attended the parade in Houston in November. Cruz was riding in the parade in the back of a military truck. As Cruz passed where the 33-year-old Arcidiacono was positioned along the parade route, he hurled two cans of White Claw. The full cans from Arcidiacono’s cooler hit Cruz as they were flying towards his head. Security officers attempted to knock them away from the senator. Cruz was hit in the chest/neck area, according to the report from Houston Police Department. Arcidiacono was taken into custody.

Beer flies at Ted Cruz during Astros World Series Parade pic.twitter.com/lRALgyXCe2

— Alien Truther Wildwest (@wcgroovy) November 7, 2022

The guy confessed right away that he had messed up. He called himself “an idiot.” Hard to argue with that.

Arcidiacono, 33, was originally charged with “aggravated assault with a deadly weapon” and posted a bond set at $40,000 after he hurled two unopened cans of what appeared to be White Claw toward the senator as he waved to crowds lining Smith Street. Following the incident, HPD announced via Twitter that Cruz had been struck in the chest and neck area but did not require medical attention and that Arcidiacono had been arrested.

While being detained, Arcidiacono allegedly told officers, “I know, I’m an idiot. I’m sorry.”

Arcidiacono’s lawyers said that his dream was to get an Astros player to chug a beer from his cooler during the parade. Some athletes have done that in the past. He said he threw a can to Cruz hoping he would chug it. Maybe a player would, but the senator? Really? He apologized and asked for grace.

“Many generous, fun, semi-stupid, legendary moments have happened during Astros Championship Parades,” Arcidiacono lawyers said in a statement “Hopefully, many more of those events will happen in the years to come. Fans throw cans to people in championship parades all the time. That is a widely known thing. To get them to chug.” The statement also apologized to Cruz and ultimately asked for “grace” and to have the charges dropped. The lawyer noted it was not an act of political violence or anger towards Cruz. And, he notes that Astros pitcher Ryne Stanek had chugged a beer thrown by a fan.

“We have seen various videos and understand why Senator Cruz’s security detail was alert for potential violence,” the attorney wrote. “Instead, this was an Astros fan trying to toss drinks from his cooler to the Senator during a championship parade and not realizing how it would be perceived until he saw security’s reaction. The night before the parade, Joey texted a friend, ‘My dream would be to throw one of the players a beer. Doubt it would happen haha but that would be epic.’”

“Many generous, fun, semi-stupid, legendary moments have happened during Astros Championship Parades,” the statement continued. “Hopefully, many more of those moments will happen in the years to come. Fans throw cans to people in championship parades all the time. That is a widely known thing. To get them to chug.”

The attorney described in the statement some of what happened during the celebrations on the day of the parade, highlighting that the Houston Astros shared a video of pitcher Ryne Stanek chugging a beer a fan threw to him, and that the fan posted his own video showing how thrilled he was that it happened.

“That was stupid, good fun,” the attorney said of the moment with Stanek and that fan. “This ended up as not fun.”

A statement from Houston attorney Bill Stradley regarding his client Joey Arcidiacono.

The purpose is correct and add some context to publicly shared information regarding Joey's arrest at the Astros 2022 Championship Parade. pic.twitter.com/vaJdC7KJ3c

— Stradley Law Firm (@HoustonCrimLaw) November 9, 2022

For his part, Cruz brushed off the incident at the time. He thanked the security and law enforcement there that day for their work. He joked, “I’m also thankful that the clown who threw his White Claw had a noodle for an arm.” Indeed.