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A New York man who searched online for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the location of gun stores in the days leading up to the Jan. 6 insurrection was among the most wanted Capitol violence suspects because he allegedly assaulted an officer, according to the FBI.
Jonathan Munafo, 34, of Albany is shown on camera punching a U.S. Capitol Police officer before ripping the officer s riot shield out of his hand and striking a window with a flagpole, FBI Special Agent Michael Bauknight wrote in an affidavit unsealed Tuesday.
Munafo s actions, and the FBI s public plea for tips leading to his arrest, led to Munafo being known by the hashtag “#boyinthehood because he was seen wearing a a black hooded jacket during the insurrection.
Share April 24, 2021, 2:03 PM The words threatening violence and Gretchen Whitmer appear near each other again in the first sentence of news coverage. The topic this time is a New Yorker s arrest after a three-month federal manhunt ended Friday in central Florida, Robert Snell reports in a Detroit News scoop: Jonathan Joshua Munafo, 34, of Albany was arrested and charged with communicating an interstate threat in the latest case alleging extremism in Michigan. The case was unsealed Friday, six months after the FBI said agents thwarted a plot to kidnap and kill Whitmer involving at least 14 people who are facing state and federal charges.