Tag Archives: FBI

Rioter Whines That She’s Been “Shunned” In Hometown

The Insider reports: A Capitol riot suspect has been “shunned” and “chastised” by her community since her arrest in February, her lawyer wrote in a sentencing memorandum seen by Insider. On Tuesday, Dona Bissey, 53, from Bloomfield, Indiana, wrote a letter to the court pleading for leniency and asking for a sentence of 18 months of probation. Bissey faces four …

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FBI Raids Office Of NYPD Union And Leader’s Home

The New York Times reports: Federal investigators on Tuesday morning raided the Manhattan office of one of New York City’s main police unions in connection with an ongoing investigation, according to two people with the knowledge of the matter. The union, the Sergeants Benevolent Association, represents about 13,000 active and retired police sergeants in New York. Its headquarters were searched …

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Guilty Capitol Rioter Sobs Before Sentencing Hearing

Washington DC’s CBS News affiliate reports: Robert Palmer, 54, of Tampa admitted in U.S. District Court on Monday that he was the man wearing a red, white and blue “Trump” jacket while attacking police protecting the entrance to the Lower West Terrace of the US Capitol January 6. Before his court hearing, Palmer displayed a different bearing than the man …

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Garland: FBI Will Take Measures To Address “Rise In Criminal Conduct Directed Toward School Personnel”

From the Department of Justice: Citing an increase in harassment, intimidation and threats of violence against school board members, teachers and workers in our nation’s public schools, today Attorney General Merrick B. Garland directed the FBI and U.S. Attorneys’ Offices to meet in the next 30 days with federal, state, Tribal, territorial and local law enforcement leaders to discuss strategies …

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FBI Collars Mother And Son Duo In Capitol Riot

The Huffington Post reports: The FBI has arrested a mother-and-son duo accused of entering House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol after the pair were successfully identified by online sleuths. Maryann Mooney-Rondon and Rafael Rondon were arrested on Friday, a law enforcement official told HuffPost. The two arrestees ― whom online sleuths working …

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National School Boards Association Begs Biden For Federal Protection From Attacks By Extremist Groups

From the National School Boards Association: Dear Mr. President: America’s public schools and its education leaders are under an immediate threat. The National School Boards Association (NSBA) respectfully asks for federal law enforcement and other assistance to deal with the growing number of threats of violence and acts of intimidation occurring across the nation. Local school board members want to …

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Neo-Nazi Streamer Gets 41 Months On Gun Charges

Law & Crime reports: A Florida man who agitated for a “race-based civil war” will spend more than three years for being a felon in possession of firearms, prosecutors said. Paul Nicholas Miller, a 33-year-old from Ft. Lauderdale, had previously been convicted of three separate felony offenses in New Jersey before he took firearms training in Florida. He applied in …

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FBI: Newly Arrested Riot Suspect Pushed Capitol Cop Down Stairs, Yelled “These Motherfuckers Are Traitors”

Law & Crime reports: Joining more than 180 others charged with assaulting law enforcement on Jan. 6, a Kansas man stands accused of pushing a U.S. Capitol police officer with “aggressive force” and causing the cop to fall down a small flight of stairs. Monday’s arrest affidavit alleges that surveillance footage captured the incident. Prosecutors say that Michael Eckerman’s route …

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No Release For DC Rioter Who Struck Cops With Bat

Courthouse News reports: Despite the man’s claims of abuse in jail and other issues, a federal judge refused Monday to order the release of a 26-year-old who fought police for over two hours during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. According to video evidence, some of which the upstate New Yorker filmed himself, Edward Jacob Lang hit officers …

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FBI Releases Newly Declassified 9/11 Document

The Associated Press reports: The FBI late Saturday released a newly declassified document related to logistical support given to two of the Saudi hijackers in the run-up to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The document details contacts the hijackers had with Saudi associates in the U.S. but does not provide proof that senior Saudi government officials were complicit in …

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“Molotov Cocktails” Capitol Rioter Agrees To Plea Deal

Law & Crime reports: An Alabama man whom authorities say brought 11 Molotov cocktails and five loaded firearms to the U.S. Capitol has agreed to a plea deal, prosecutors told a federal judge. Authorities claim to have found the stash of deadly weapons inside Lonnie Coffman’s red GMC Sierra truck, after U.S. Capitol Police performed explosive sweeps outside the perimeter …

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Riot Suspects Nabbed Due To Extremist’s Live-Stream

Law & Crime reports: Two men from Brooklyn, New York, have been charged with allegedly storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, allegedly foiled based in part on their appearance in a video by the far-right and reportedly then-COVID-positive live-streamer known as “Baked Alaska,” federal prosecutors said on Tuesday. Antonio Ferrigno Jr. and Francis Connor were among the mob who …

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FBI Collars Riot Suspect Who Taunted Sedition Hunters

Law & Crime reports: An Oklahoma man has been arrested for allegedly attacking the media during the Jan. 6 pro-Trump riot at the U.S. Capitol Complex. Benjamen Scott Burlew, 41, stands accused of assault in a special territorial jurisdiction and physical violence on restricted grounds. According to charging documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, …

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Romance Novel Cover Model Arrested In Capitol Riot

The Huffington Post reports: Seven months after the man online sleuths dubbed #CatSweat was photographed dragging a police officer down a set of stairs during the attack on the U.S. Capitol, the Michigan man has been arrested by the FBI. An official confirmed the arrest to HuffPost Tuesday morning. Logan Barnhart, whom the FBI referred to as Capitol suspect 128-AFO …

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FBI Nabs Another “Most Wanted” Capitol Riot Suspect

The Huffington Post reports: An Ohio man who was identified by online investigators in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack was arrested by the FBI on Thursday and charged with attacking law enforcement during a brutal siege on the western side of the U.S. Capitol Building. Dave Mehaffie of Dayton, Ohio, was known to online investigators as #TunnelCommander because …

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Riot Suspect Charged With Strangling Family Member

The Roanoke Times reports: Less than a month after a Covington man charged in the U.S. Capitol riot was placed on house arrest, he faces new charges of assaulting a member of his household. Prosecutors cited the charges Friday in asking that bond for Joshua Dillon Haynes be revoked while he awaits trial in Washington, D.C.’s federal court. Haynes, 39, …

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George Washington Cosplayer Busted In Capitol Riot

St. Louis’s Fox News affiliate reports: A western Missouri man has been charged with storming the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection, all while cosplaying George Washington. Isaac Yoder, seen photographed inside the Capitol during the riot, was charged in federal court Wednesday, Aug 4, with entering and remaining in a restricted building, disorderly conduct in a restricted building, …

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Riot Suspect Collared After Mom Boasts On Facebook

Raw Story reports: The mother of an alleged MAGA rioter wound up inadvertently getting her son arrested after she boasted about him storming the Capitol on Facebook. A newly filed criminal complaint alleges that 39-year-old Washington state resident Tyler Slaeker engaged in violent and disorderly conduct while illegally trespassing on restricted grounds during the infamous January 6th riots. As the …

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Rioter Busted After Tip From Prayer Group Member

Law & Crime reports: A pro-Trump home remodeling contractor from Huntington Beach, California was busted by a fellow member of his “church prayer text group” after boasting about participating in the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol, the FBI alleged in a criminal complaint. Glenn Allen Brooks was arrested on Thursday in California, the DOJ said. “The surveillance video …

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DOJ Task Force To Focus On Threats To Election Officials

Via press release from the Justice Department: The Department of Justice has launched a law enforcement task force to address the rise in threats against election workers, administrators, officials, and others associated with the electoral process. “To protect the electoral process for all voters, we must identify threats against those responsible for administering elections, whether federal, state, or local,” said …

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