FBI Swarms NYC Home In Arrest Of Alleged Proud Boy

The New York Daily News reports:

Startling photos obtained by the Daily News show the moment a Queens man accused of being a Proud Boy plotting violence surrendered to the feds. An armored FBI vehicle rolled down 76th St. near Eliot Ave. in Middle Village to help take Eduard Florea, 40, into custody Tuesday night, shocking neighbors on the quiet block.

Florea allegedly threatened to journey to Washington, D.C., in the wake of the siege of the U.S. Capitol. Sources said he was arrested on a weapons charge. Federal authorities have been clamping down on alleged extremists in advance of the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20.

Dramatic photos obtained by the Daily News show the moment a Queens man accused of being a Proud Boy plotting violence surrendered to the feds.

An armored FBI vehicle rolled down in Middle Village to help take Eduard Florea into custody.https://t.co/Wp4LpOts1j

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) January 13, 2021

“Federal agents and police flooded the neighborhood and corralled Florea outside the well-kept two-story brick home where he lives in a basement apartment….[he] was previously arrested on Staten Island for choking his wife in 2014” https://t.co/BS7HpCzkDm

— Garance Franke-Ruta (@thegarance) January 13, 2021

““It was nuts. A tank was going down the street. I couldn’t believe it, especially in a quiet neighborhood like this,” she added.” https://t.co/852lBJ9NDw

— Dana Rubinstein (@danarubinstein) January 13, 2021