/ Several Capitol rioters were identified using the building’s surveillance footage. In this screenshot from an FBI affidavit, Florida resident and far-right group Oath Keepers member Connie Meggs is circled in red.
The charges range from violent and disorderly conduct to theft of government property.
Two months ago, a man was photographed walking with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern hefted over his shoulder in the U.S. Capitol.
He was among the throngs who entered the building, but a photo of him carrying the lectern, smiling and waving at the camera, became an internet favorite. Nicknamed “lectern guy,” the man would later be identified as Adam Johnson from Bradenton, Florida – and he wouldn’t be the only Floridian arrested during or after the siege.
He was among the throngs who entered the building, but a photo of him carrying the lectern, smiling and waving at the camera, became an internet favorite. Nicknamed “lectern guy,” the man would later be identified as Adam Johnson from Bradenton, Florida – and he wouldn’t be the only Floridian arrested during or after the siege.
Now, weeks later, twenty-three Floridians have been charged in the Jan. 6 raid on the Capitol, representing nearly one-in-10 of the total. That puts the state behind only Texas, where more of its residents were arrested.
The Justice Department says more than 300 people have been arrested so far, from at least 40 states, although details are available for about 270 of them. Most were implicated in social media posts – often from live streams they were accused of recording and broadcasting themselves.
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TAMPA, Fla. - Adam Johnson, the Florida man nicknamed lectern guy after he was allegedly photographed walking off with the speaker’s lectern during riots at the US Capitol, will be back in Federal court in the District of Columbia on Tuesday.
Last week the father of five was released on $25,000 bond and a number of restrictions that include a curfew and an ankle monitor.
But Johnson isn’t the only Florida man facing criminal charges for storming the US Capitol.
Andrew J Williams, Michael Curizo, Cleveland Meredith, and Adam Johnson