FORT WORTH, Texas — A Grapevine, Texas man who was an employee of a private charter airline that operates from Fort Worth’s Alliance Airport has acknowledged that he was involved last week in the insurrection on the U.S. Senate chamber floor.
Larry Brock Jr., 53, told The Ne
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Update: Two days after the publication of this piece, Brock was arrested in Texas and charged in federal court, in the District of Columbia, with knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building without lawful authority, and with violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.
As insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol this week, a few figures stood out. One man, clad in a combat helmet, body armor, and other tactical gear, was among the group that made it to the inner reaches of the building. Carrying zip-tie handcuffs, he was captured in photographs and videos on the Senate floor and with a group that descended on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office suite. In a video shot by ITV News, he is seen standing against a wall adjacent to Pelosi’s office, his face covered by a bandana. At another point, he appears to exit the suite, face exposed, pushing his way through the crowds of demonstrators.
Federal authorities charged two men photographed with plastic zip tie handcuffs during Wednesday’s violent takeover of the US Capitol by a pro-Trump mob. Larry Rendell Brock and Eric Gavelek Munchel were each charged with one count of knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building without authority and one count of violent entry and disorderly […]
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Sunday, the FBI arrested Larry Rendell Brock of Grapevine in connection with the attack on the U.S. Capitol last week. The agency has been seeking the public s help to identify suspects from the insurrection via photos circulating widely on social media.
Brock was charged with one count of knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, and one count of violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.
He was fired from his job at Hillwood Airways in Fort Worth after photos surfaced of him on the Senate floor wearing a helmet, tactical vest and camouflaged jacket. In the photos, Brock is also holding a white flex cuff, which the FBI says is used by law enforcement to restrain people.
Insurrectionist ‘Zip-Tie Guy’ identified as retired Air Force lieutenant colonel January 9 Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Larry Rendall Brock Jr. was photographed on the Senate floor clad in tactical gear and holding flex cuffs. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) A man photographed in tactical gear and carrying zip-tie handcuffs on the Senate floor on Wednesday is a former Air Force officer who told The New Yorker magazine he stormed the Capitol because he believed the president wanted him to be there as the 2020 election was being certified. “The President asked for his supporters to be there to attend, and I felt like it was important, because of how much I love this country, to actually be there,” Larry Rendall Brock Jr. told reporter Ronan Farrow in a story published Friday evening.