During the US Capitol riot, this Oklahoma man took a beer from a refrigerator, the FBI said. Now he was charged

MUSKOGEE – From inside the US Capitol during the January 6 riots, Andrew Craig Ericson used Snapchat to post pictures of himself in the conference room of Mayor Nancy Pelosi, the FBI reported.

In one, he is taking a “selfie”. In the other, he has his feet on a table.

The 23-year-old Oklahoma man also streamed live videos on Snapchat on the Capitol, according to an FBI testimony. At one point, he took a bottle of beer – Corona Light – from a mini-refrigerator.

Unlike others on Facebook or Twitter that day, Ericson used an application whose “central concept” is that any image, video or message sent is available to the recipient for only a short time before it becomes inaccessible, “said the FBI.

Does not matter. He was identified anyway because someone captured the Snapchat photos and sent them to Trent Shores, the public prosecutor in Tulsa, according to the statement.

On January 8, Shores announced that his office “is ready” to open charges against any Oklahoma man who traveled to Washington, DC, for committing violent acts against the Capitol. Shores sent the photos to the FBI.

Later, the FBI also obtained some of Ericson’s Snapchat videos, according to the testimony. A high school acquaintance had captured the videos and notified the FBI on January 11.

The witness told the FBI that Ericson posted 10 to 15 videos and photos of himself on Snapchat inside and around the United States Capitol, according to the statement. The witness “did not see any violent acts committed by Andrew Ericson, but … heard Ericson screaming and shouting during the live broadcast.”