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Riot Suspect Charged With Opening Doors From Inside

The Charlotte Observer reports: An Anderson, South Carolina, man who traveled to Washington, D.C., to participate in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in hopes of stopping Democrat Joe Biden from becoming president has been charged with half a dozen offenses, including obstructing law officers, according to court records. In late December, George Tenney III, 34, posted messages on social media …

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Newly Arrested Riot Suspect Squirms Before Media

Providence’s ABC News affiliate reports: Chase Allen, 25, of Seekonk, was apprehended by agents with FBI Boston’s Joint Terrorism Task Force on Wednesday. Allen, according to the FBI, is accused of participating in the destruction of thousands of dollars worth of media equipment. 12 News spoke with Allen Wednesday evening at his home in Seekonk. Having federal charges brought against …

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FBI Arrests YouTuber In Capitol Riot, Asks Trump To Pay His Legal Defense: “This All Happened Because Of You”

Washington’s ABC News affiliate reports: Zvonimir Jurlina, of Farmington, New York is charged with destruction of property in a special jurisdiction and committing an act of physical violence on Capitol grounds. According to court documents filed Monday, Jurlina allegedly posted multiple videos to his “Zykotik” YouTube page appearing to show him participating in the Capitol riot. Investigators say those videos …

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Riot Suspect Collared After Coworkers Spot Her On TV

Los Angeles’s ABC News affiliate reports: Lois Lynn McNicoll, 69, of San Clemente, a Department of Public Social Services employee, made her initial appearance in Los Angeles federal court Monday following her arrest and was released on a $10,000 bond, according to FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller. McNicoll was identified in an ABC News video posted on Eyewitness News’ Facebook page …

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FBI: Riot Suspect Boasted Of Assaulting Five Cops

The Birmingham News reports: A Florida man has been arrested in connection to the deadly Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol. Brian Glenn Bingham, 35, of Port Charlotte, Florida is charged with federal offenses including assault, resisting or impeding officers, obstruction of law enforcement, violent entry and disorderly conduct, among other charges. Bingham, who also has ties to New …

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Man Charged With Assaulting Cop, Media At DC Riot

Via press release from the Justice Department: An Illinois man was arrested today for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the presidential election. Shane Jason Woods, 43, of Auburn, is charged …

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Accused Capitol Rioter Gets Three Years Probation

NBC News reports: 49-year-old woman from Indiana who came to Washington with her hairdresser friend was put on probation Wednesday in the first sentence stemming from the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. With the number of people arrested approaching 500, it was the first of what government officials said would likely be similar proceedings for the hundreds of …

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Oklahoma Man Charged With Threat To Murder Biden

The Tulsa World reports: A Tulsa man faces federal charges on allegations that he sent a local television station emails threatening to kill President Joe Biden and unnamed members of Congress. John Jacobs Ahrens, 58, was charged by criminal complaint in Tulsa federal court on Monday with making threats against the president after he allegedly admitted to sending the emails …

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Riot Suspect Collared After Boasting Post: I’m On TV

Winston-Salem’s Fox News affiliate reports: On Wednesday, the FBI took Anthony Joseph Scirica, of Kernersville, into custody at the Winston-Salem courthouse. He is charged with knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. Investigators were also able to review alleged recordings of Snapshot stories under the …

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Ex-Cop Riot Suspect Charged With Felony Charity Fraud

NBC News reports: A former California police chief charged with joining anti-government extremists in rioting at the U.S. Capitol told the IRS last year that he formed a charity called the American Phoenix Project to defend “human and civil rights” and educate the public about vaccines. Instead, Alan Hostetter used his tax-exempt nonprofit as a platform to oppose Covid-19 lockdown …

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“Fucking Stormtroopers” Duo Charged In Capitol Riot

Law & Crime reports: Federal prosecutors have charged two additional defendants over their alleged roles in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol Complex. Savannah McDonald, 20, and Nolan Kidd, 21, stand accused of four separate offenses with a combined potential punishment of three years in prison if convicted for the full suite of crimes. An individual asked Kidd, …

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Riot Suspect Who Boasted “Best Day Ever” Seeks Mercy From Court By Writing Film Review For “Schindler’s List”

Law & Crime reports: In an apparent effort to make her case, Anna Morgan Lloyd watched “Schindler’s List,” and read “Just Mercy” and “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee,” as her attorney put it, to “educate herself about ‘government policy’ toward Native Americans, African Americans and European Jews.” Lloyd, who is pleading guilty to a misdemeanor offense, even wrote some …

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Dem Rep: Parler Warned FBI Of Threats Over 50 Times

The New York Times reports: Members of House Oversight and Reform Committee questioned Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. director; General Charles Flynn, who commands the U.S. Army Pacific; and Lieutenant General Walter Piatt, director of the Army staff. Mr. Wray came under tough questioning from Ms. Maloney, who argued federal law enforcement agencies overlooked specific intelligence about threats against the …

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FBI Issues New Warning On Violent QAnon Followers

CNN reports: The FBI has warned lawmakers that online QAnon conspiracy theorists may carry out more acts of violence as they move from serving as “digital soldiers” to taking action in the real world following the January 6 US Capitol attack. The shift is fueled by a belief among some of the conspiracy’s more militant followers that they “can no …

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MN Man Charged In Riot “Said Goodbye To Children”

Minneapolis’s CBS News affiliate reports: A 42-year-old Minneapolis man has been taken into custody and charged with allegedly assaulting a federal officer during the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol. Mock is seen in body camera footage amongst the crowd of violent rioters who were advancing on officers defending the Capitol, the complaint said. At one point, he is …

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Iowa Father And Son Duo Arrested In Capitol Riot

Law & Crime reports: The Department of Justice announced that two more names have been added to the hundreds of active criminal cases related to the siege of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. This time, it’s a father-son duo facing charges. According to the DOJ, Daniel Johnson was arrested in Minnesota and his father Daryl Johnson was arrested in …

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Trump Appointee Riot Suspect Rejects Plea Deal Offer

USA Today reports: Plea negotiations are underway in the case of Federico Klein, a former Trump State Department appointee who’s accused of charging a police line during the deadly Capitol assault Jan. 6.  Prosecutors offered a plea deal earlier this week, but the offer has not been accepted, Klein’s attorney, Stanley Woodward, said during a hearing Thursday. Prosecutors said Klein …

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Riot Suspect Collared After Mom Shares Boasting Posts

Law & Crime reports: According to the charging documents unsealed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Christian Kulas, 24, became the latest of many accused Capitol rioters to be ensnared by authorities due to his own social media posts from Jan. 6. Multiple people contacted the FBI and identified the individual depicted in the videos as …

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FBI Arrests “MAGA Lumberjack” On Capitol Riot Charges

Law & Crime reports: The Alabama man nicknamed “MAGA Lumberjack” for allegedly throwing a 4-inch-by-4-inch piece of wood at U.S. Capitol police has been allowed to post bond by federal prosecutors, who did not seek his detention following his arrest and assault charges, records show. Dillon Colby Herrington, a 29-year-old from Madison, Alabama, was released on a $10,000 unsecured bond …

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Hundreds Arrested Worldwide In FBI-Run App Sting

The Guardian reports: A global sting in which organised crime gangs were sold encrypted phones that law enforcement officials could monitor has led to more than 800 arrests in 18 countries. Operation Greenlight/Trojan Shield, conceived by Australian police and the FBI in 2018, was one of the biggest infiltrations and takeovers of a specialised encrypted network. It began when US …

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