Authorities released additional details about crimes for which several people now face federal charges after Wednesday’s riots and attacks on Capitol Hill.
A senior Justice Department official said on Friday that police arrested Richard Barnett, 60, in custody in Little Rock, Arkansas, after a viral photograph showed him sitting in the office of Mayor Nancy Pelosi on one leg. supported on your desk.
After the robbery, Barnett told KFSM that he was looking for the bathroom when he saw that the door to Pelosi’s office was open.
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Richard Barnett, 60, allegedly broke into the office of Mayor Nancy Pelosi during a riot inside the US Capitol on Wednesday.
(- Washington County, Arkansas)
“I sat here at my table. I am a taxpayer. I am a patriot. This is not her table – we borrowed it,” he said. “And she doesn’t like the table, so I thought about sitting down and enjoying the table.”
He was accused of violent entry and theft of public property, among other things. Previous reports claim he received a letter from Pelosi’s office.
Richard Barnett, a supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, is sitting inside the office of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 6.
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A second suspect, Lonnie Coffman – whom AL.com identified as 70 years old – is accused of having two pistols, an assault rifle and 11 Molotov cocktails that included gasoline and apparent homemade napalm, the official said.
Coffman, from Falkville, Alabama, was identified after police linked him to a suspicious red GMC truck with an Alabama license plate.
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Mark Leffingwell was also charged, accused of intentionally entering restricted territory and assaulting an officer after he entered the Capitol. Court documents released on Thursday in connection with his US Capitol Police (USCP) prison show, Leffingwell repeatedly punched a USCP officer in the helmet and chest.
The fourth man is Christopher Michael Alberts, from Maryland, accused of illegally entering the Capitol while holding a loaded 9mm Taurus weapon, as well as a separate magazine full of ammunition. The USCP said Alberts, who wore a bulletproof vest, “tried to escape immediately” before the police stopped him, court documents show. He is accused of also having a pocketknife at the time.
Alberts told police he had the gun “for personal protection and did not intend to use it to harm anyone,” court documents show.
A Republican delegate in the West Virginia legislature named Derrick Evans will soon be charged in connection with his actions on Wednesday, the senior official said.
Cleveland Meredith was also accused, who is accused of making interstate threats to Pelosi.
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Joshua Pruitt and Matthew Council of Florida face charges for intentionally entering a restricted building or land without legal authority. The Council faces an additional charge of violent entry and disorderly conduct for allegedly pushing an officer.
Several others have been accused of entering and staying in a restricted building without legal authority with the intention of disrupting government business or official functions, and engaging in disorderly conduct and violent entry to Capitol grounds.
Those accused of such crimes were identified as Cindy Fitchett, from Virginia, Michael Curzio and Douglas Sweet, both from Florida, Bradley Ruskelas, from Illinois, Terry Brown, from Pennsylvania and Thomas Gallagher.
Authorities previously announced the arrest of 82 individuals at the state, local and federal levels, according to reports.
The FBI’s Washington office on Friday morning released 40 photos of people who are still wanted in connection with Wednesday’s events.
The Metropolitan Police Department said Friday morning that law enforcement agencies have received about 17,000 reports since they released images of people wanted in connection with Wednesday’s “insurrection”.
Ken Kohl, a senior official in the US District Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, said investigators on Friday found “no indication” of Antifa’s involvement in Wednesday’s riots. There were also no cases of members of the anti-fascism movement posing as Trump supporters to frame them.
When asked on Friday whether the prosecutor or the DOJ was investigating incitement charges against President Trump or any of his associates, a senior DOJ official replied, “We do not expect any such charges.”
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The FBI is asking anyone to recognize someone from the wanted posters or who has witnessed any activity on Wednesday to call 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or submit information online here.
Greg Norman of Fox News contributed to this report.