Title: Victor Trammell for the Your Black World Network | Brynn Anderson for the Associated Press
A man identified as a Proud Boys supporter was reportedly arrested Wednesday (January 13) at his Queens, New York home.
His arrest comes after he allegedly made social media threats about killing Georgia’s newly-elected Democratic U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock (pictured). The suspect reportedly had plans to assist in committing other acts of violence as well.
According to Atlanta’s WSB-TV 2, 40-year-old Eduard Florea was federally charged with possessing ammunition as a convicted felon and denied bail. The FBI searched his residence and interviewed him about a series of threats, which he allegedly made on the Parler social media app about last week’s deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol.
The FBI has accused a supporter of the Proud Boys of threatening to deploy "cars full of armed patriots" to Washington as the Capitol was under siege last week.
Eduard Florea, 40, watched over a video feed as prosecutors described how after finding his toxic posts on the conservative Parler app, they raided his home and seized about 1,000 rounds of rifle ammunition and 24 shotgun shells. The feds also seized 75 combat knives, two hatchets and two swords.
Brandon Fellows, 26, posted on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat about being at the riots
He has also uploaded some of his riot selfies to his Bumble dating app
He told Bloomberg he is planning to go back to the Capitol for another protest
Fellows, who used to work in a grocery store in upstate NY, smoked weed on Senator Jeff Merkley s desk
He has not been arrested, nor has Simone Gold or Olympic swimmer Kete Keller
They were all ID d through photos and videos taken at the riot on Wednesday
The DoJ said on Tuesday that hundreds would be charged and may face up to 20 years behind bars