It took federal agents more than three months to find the man they say was in a gray Carhartt cap seen in riot footage pushing through barricades and assaulting U.S. Capitol Police officers on Jan. 6.
Because of facial recognition software and his girlfriend s Instagram photos, he s now in custody the 14th Kentuckian arrested for participation in the U.S. Capitol riots.
Stephen Chase Randolph, of Harrodsburg, was charged with assaulting a federal officer and inflicting bodily injury, obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder and obstruction of Congress.
Randolph was in federal custody as of Wednesday and was scheduled to appear before a federal judge in the Western District of Kentucky on Thursday. Details about his release are not yet available.
Capitol riot suspect arrested after FBI use face recognition on girlfriend s Instagram
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The FBI has arrested a 14th Kentucky resident for allegedly participating in the Jan. 6 riots on the U.S. Capitol.
Stephen Chase Randolph, of Harrodsburg, was charged with assaulting a federal officer, obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder and obstruction of Congress, according to the FBI Louisville Field Office. He s in federal custody.