Hrm, refusing to say what the charges are and makes a big campaign stop out of the ordeal? I think a better headline would be "Wannabe martyr pretends to be arrested to raise his social standing amongst his wannabe martyr followers."
This guy kept cropping up during the height of pandemic with a band of followers causing disturbances. As things were starting to open up and masking was still required everywhere, they would show up at restaurants (like The Works in London) and refuse to wear masks at all or social distance.