Thirteen Charged in Federal Court Following Riot at the United States Capitol

[brooklynite]

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation

Thirteen individuals have been charged with federal crimes. The defendants and charges are outlined below:

Cleveland Meredith was charged on Jan. 7, 2021, with making interstate threats to Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Richard Barnett, of Arkansas, was charged on Jan. 7, 2021, with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful entry; violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds; and theft of public money, property, or records. Barnett allegedly entered a restricted are of the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

Lonnie Coffman, of Alabama, was charged on Jan. 7, 2021, with possession of an unregistered firearm (destructive device) and carrying a pistol without a license. It is alleged that Coffman’s vehicle contained 11 explosive devices known as Molotov cocktails and firearms. It is further alleged he was in possession of two firearms. Coffman was arrested and is currently being held. His detention hearing is scheduled for Jan. 12, 2021.

Mark Leffingwell, was charged on Jan. 7, 2021, with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; assault on a federal law enforcement officer; and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. Leffingwell allegedly entered the Senate side of the Capitol and when stopped by law enforcement, struck an officer in the helmet and chest. Leffingwell is currently being held and has a detention hearing in district court today.

Christopher Alberts, of Maryland, was charged on Jan. 7, 2021, with carrying or having readily accessible, on the grounds of the United States Capitol Building, a firearm and ammunition. Specifically a Taurus G2C, 9mm handgun and 9mm caliber ammunition. The defendant appeared in district court and was released. He has a preliminary hearing scheduled for Jan. 28, 2021.

Joshua Pruitt, was charged on Jan. 7, 2021, with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority. The defendant appeared in district court and was released. He has a preliminary hearing scheduled for Jan. 28, 2021.

Matthew Council, of Florida, was charged on Jan. 7, 2021, with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. Council allegedly unlawfully entered the Capitol building, and when stopped by law enforcement, he pushed the officer.

Cindy Fitchett, of Virginia, was charged on Jan. 7, 2021, with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; or knowingly, with intent to impede government business or official functions, engaging in disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds; and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.

Michael Curzio, of Florida, was charged on Jan. 7, 2021, with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; or knowingly, with intent to impede government business or official functions, engaging in disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds; and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.

Douglas Sweet, of Florida, was charged on Jan. 7, 2021, with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; or knowingly, with intent to impede government business or official functions, engaging in disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds; and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.

Bradley Ruskelas, of Illinois, was charged on Jan. 7, 2021, with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; or knowingly, with intent to impede government business or official functions, engaging in disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds; and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.

Terry Brown, of Pennsylvania, was charged on Jan. 7, 2021, with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; or knowingly, with intent to impede government business or official functions, engaging in disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds; and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.

Thomas Gallagher was charged on Jan. 7, 2021, with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; or knowingly, with intent to impede government business or official functions, engaging in disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds; and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.

Read more: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/thirteen-charged-federal-court-following-riot-united-states-capitol

[Arne]

1. Hoping the mandatory minimum 10 yr sentence applies to them and many more.

[MyOwnPeace]

2. They should know this by now.......

LOCK THEM UP!

LOCK THEM UP!

LOCK THEM UP!

LOCK THEM UP!

LOCK THEM UP!

LOCK THEM UP!

LOCK THEM UP!

LOCK THEM UP!

LOCK THEM UP!

[pwb]

3. They terrorize our legislators and get their hand slapped.

Terrorist threats are felonies. Come on GITMO needs inmates.

[AllaN01Bear]

4. more to come .

[BumRushDaShow]

5. I stumbled on a "daily" arrest document related to the "unrest" (that has 15 - 16 pages of names)

here (PDF)

Had posted an article where there was a link to it - https://www.democraticunderground.com/107413847 and that was as of 1/7/21.

They probably update it on their site.

[AllaN01Bear]

6. thanks for the list.

bookmarked .

[BumRushDaShow]

7. I just found where it came from

On the DC Metropolitan Police site - https://mpdc.dc.gov/publications

AND what they noted was this (arrested 736 TOTAL, which included some BLM since the total data goes back to May - the last couple pages are for this latest incident if you consider 1/6/21 - 1/7/21 as the event date range) -

01/07/2021
MPD Unrest-Related Arrest Data Set

From Saturday, May 30 through 7 am on Thursday, January 7, 2021, there have been 736 individuals arrested and processed for curfew violations, riot-related burglary, and other...

Unrest-Related Arrest Data as of January 7, 2021 - 1.2 MB (pdf)

[ancianita]

9. Wow, thanks. Awesome find.

Most of the arrestees are under 30. A significant number were arrested on felony charges, not just curfew violation. The thing I don't get is, how did so many get arrested without this being in the news. There were no reports of buses or paddy wagons, nothing.
It's pretty strange.


And the mpdc site photos for public identification just goes on and on!
https://mpdc.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/mpdc/publication/attachments/POIs%20of%20Interest_010821.pdf

[BumRushDaShow]

10. When I went through the linked doc, I looked at the date columns

The list actually goes back to May so includes BLM and other protests. The last couple pages are from the latest unrest, assuming the range from 1/6/21 - 1/7/21. I think that as they go through all the video footage (and there is a lot - not just on social media, but every federal building is loaded with security cameras everywhere), then there will be more (this is just the D.C. arrest list). However I expect at this point the later arrests may end up being reported "locally" in the hometowns of where these people live (I assume most don't live in D.C.).

I had posted about a local (to PA) community news site had published the names of 14 PA residents who had been on the list for arrest - https://www.democraticunderground.com/107413847

[ancianita]

12. Me, too.

Oh, for sure one can conclude that the as-yet to be ID'd photos came from federal cameras.
And once ID'd, it doesn't take much for the feds to locate them -- unless they're on the move like that guy (Adam Johnson, who walked out with Pelosi's speaker platform) from Parrish, FL., up the road from me.

The FBI are getting lots of help, since social media platforms' further staging of any of these groups now opens them up to all kinds of liability as accessories after the fact. Which is why employees at Twitter got their boss to drop the @POTUS accounts, followed by other accounts.

[dhill926]

8. it's a start....

this is gonna take a long time to play out....

[ancianita]

13. More than that, a major digital world shutdown is happening to these right wingers. They

will have to move to obscure sites and not get any national exposure or spread. Many will give up and some will head to the dark web. But the nation's discourse platforms are cleaning up for the body politic.

So we're seeing a monumentally good thing -- that bad politics is bad business -- evidenced even more by the fact that donors are already leaving Hawley and Cruz.

[orangecrush]

11. Not nearly enough.

We came within a hairs breadth of seeing our elected representatives murdered in a horrible fashion by a pack of rabid nazis.

Stop fucking around and do your goddam jobs!!!

[Lock him up.]

14. Armed domestic terRorist$ and they are released? They plan a second wave!

On the 17th and maybe on Inauguration Day!

LOCK THESE TERRORISTS UP!