Three military veterans charged in Capitol riots started a recruitment drive for violence days after election and held training camps to be fighting fit to protest Biden s inauguration - telling recruits to prepare to kill and die for our rights
The allegations were made against Jessica Marie Watkins, 38, and Donovan Ray Crowl, 50, of Ohio, and 66-year-old Thomas Caldwell of Virginia
The trio, who are all US military veterans, are accused of conspiring to obstruct Congress and other counts, punishable up to 20 years in prison
Prosecutors said they began a recruitment drive within days of the 2020 election and regularly communicated about their plans for January 6
Dozens of people have been arrested and charged in connection with the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, including four Ohioans. And
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, Ohio Two people, both reportedly members of the right-wing militia group affiliated with Oath Keepers, are in custody after being charged in connection with the Jan. 6 assault on the nation’s Capitol. Donovan Ray Crowl, 50, and Jessica Marie Watkins, 38, each are facing three federal charges. Both were arrested Monday morning and are being held in the Montgomery County .
Donovan Crowl and Jessica Watkins are both currently in the Montgomery County Jail.
Credit: Montgomery County Jail Published: 7:47 PM EST January 18, 2021 Updated: 10:02 PM EST January 19, 2021
Two Champaign County residents have been arrested and charged in connection with the Capitol building riots that happened Jan. 6.
Donovan Ray Crowl, 50, and Jessica Marie Watkins, 38, are currently being held in the Montgomery County Jail.
The two are charged with conspiracy, conspiracy to hurt an officer, violent entry, obstruction of official business and destruction of government property.
According to an affidavit, Crowl and Watkins traveled to Washington D.C. and willfully joined a crowd who forcibly entered the Capitol and impeded, disrupted and disturbed the orderly conduct of business by the House of Representatives and the Senate.