Warren County couple charged in connection with U.S. Capitol violence
Warren County couple charged in connection with U.S. Capitol violence By Maggy Mcdonel | February 19, 2021 at 12:56 PM EST - Updated February 19 at 5:16 PM
CINCINNATI (FOX19) - A Warren County couple has been charged in connection with the violence that took place at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, according to the U.S. Attorneyâs Office.
According to a federal affidavit filed Thursday, Bennie Parker, 70, and his wife Sandra Parker, 60, have been arrested on charges of conspiracy, destruction of government property, obstruction of official proceedings, being on restricted building or grounds, and aiding and abetting.
By Erin Donaghue Capitol rioters included ex-military, cops
Three suspected members of anti-government militia groups are facing conspiracy charges after federal prosecutors say they communicated with each other to plot how they would attack the U.S. Capitol during the January 6 riot, one sending messages that celebrated storming the castle and saying We need to do this at the local level.
Thomas Edward Caldwell, Jessica Marie Watkins and Donovan Crowl were charged Tuesday with conspiracy, conspiracy to impede or injure an officer, destruction of government property, obstruction of an official proceeding, unlawful entry into a restricted building and violent entry or disorderly conduct.
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A man the Justice Department says is a leader in the right-wing militia-type group known as the Oath Keepers was accused of “conspiracy” and other crimes in connection to the siege of Congress this month.
Thomas Edward Caldwell, a 65-year-old Virginian whom an FBI special agent said “appears to have a leadership role within Oath Keepers, was arrested Tuesday. A Justice Department criminal affidavit said there was probable cause to believe he “knowingly and willfully entered into a conspiracy” to violate a numberoffederallaws, illegally entered the restricted Capitol grounds, sought to corruptly impede a congressional proceeding, engaged in disorderly conduct at the Capitol, and was “aiding and abetting the commission of these offenses against the United States.”