FBI: Images, phone records, license plate readers link RI man to Jan. 6 Capitol riot

[Eugene]

Source: Providence Journal

FBI: Images, phone records, license plate readers link RI man to Jan. 6 Capitol riot

Jack Perry, The Providence Journal
Fri, December 9, 2022 at 6:09 AM·4 min read

A man in a Bryant University sweatshirt photographed inside the U.S. Capitol during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021, has been identified as a Rhode Island resident and arrested and charged with several crimes, federal officials say.

William B. Cotton, 53, of Hopkinton, is the third Rhode Islander charged in connection with the riot, when supporters of then-President Donald Trump forced their way into the Capitol, breaking windows and assaulting members of the Capitol Police in an attempt to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden's election as president.

The FBI says Cotton spent about 27 minutes inside the Capitol building, where he apparently recorded video or took photographs with his cellphone and chanted "traitor" with others in the crowd.

Cotton was arrested without incident Wednesday and charged with entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building or grounds, and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building, according to federal officials.

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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/fbi-images-phone-records-license-100950711.html

[WhiteTara]

1. good

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Especially Since....

...we're going on 2 years. A lot of these brainwashed drones probably think they're in the clear, then this moron ge5s arrested 23 months later.
Anything that keeps them looking over their shoulder is good by me.

[WhiteTara]

3. their nights are filled with

unsettled sleep. Suddenly waking in the middle of the night that justice is coming. I can only imagine their night terrors since I've never tried to overthrow the government.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. I Hope!

Heck, I've never had a traffic ticket, let alone participate in a violent, seditious riot.
Like you, I can only imagine.

[orangecrush]

4. They can run

But they can't hide

[republianmushroom]

5. like

[edbermac]

7. You can run, but you can't hide.

[AverageOldGuy]

8. Let's hope . . . .

. . . that he enters a federal building to serve 5-10 years.

[UTUSN]

9. K&R