FBI Collars Riot Suspect Via Girlfriend’s Instagram

It’s quite the bad day for terrible people:

Federal authorities arrested a suspect in the U.S. Capitol riot in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, on Tuesday after they used facial recognition programs to find an image of him on his girlfriend’s Instagram page.

Stephen Chase Randolph, federal authorities say, knocked over a U.S. Capitol Police officer manning the barriers at the building, “causing [Officer-1]’s head to hit the stairs behind her, resulting in a loss of consciousness.”

He then “continued to assault two other USCP officers by physically pushing, shoving, grabbing, and generally resisting the officers and interfering with their official duties,” the federal officials said.

#BREAKING: STEPHEN CHASE RANDOLPH of Harrodsburg, KY was arrested today in connection with the violence at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th. Stay up-to-date on all of the Capitol Breach cases here: https://t.co/dwam3OWYxd pic.twitter.com/WdDTO7cB0L

— FBI Louisville (@FBILouisville) April 20, 2021

NEW: The FBI arrested a Capitol rioter today who they acknowledged tracking down using facial recognition.

The feds say got a hit off of his girlfriend’s publicly available Instagram page.

More: https://t.co/sQtBPfddSA

— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) April 20, 2021

The feds say Stephen Chase Randolph (aka #GrayCarharttHat) was among the first to break the barriers at the Capitol. The FBI affidavit cites the work of @SeditionHunters directly. #SeditionHunters https://t.co/sQtBPfddSA pic.twitter.com/sR7pucPU77

— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) April 20, 2021