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Police officers in riot gear monitor the pro-Trump crowd outside the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC Two police officers, a former school employee and a retired firefighter are among the latest to be charged with crimes in connection with the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol as a third law enforcement official could soon face charges as well.
The officers who have already been charged, Jacob Fracker and Thomas Robertson, work for the department in Rocky Mount, Virginia. They were both off-duty when they entered the Capitol building with other rioters, according to police.
Print article WASHINGTON Federal authorities announced several new charges Wednesday against people allegedly involved in last week’s riot at the Capitol, including a man said to have worn a pro-Nazi sweatshirt, a five-time Olympic medalist and two police officers from southwest Virginia. Many of the those charged in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday face misdemeanors and were released without bond, with prosecutors asking only that they be temporarily barred from Washington. “Things that are planned to happen in D.C. perhaps this coming week . . . there is obviously a concern there,” acting U.S. attorney Daniel Bubar said in court of asking defendants to stay away from the region.
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A man wearing a Camp Auschwitz t-shirt is among more than 100 people who have been arrested in relation to last week s riot at the US Capitol.
The count by the Associated Press resulted from a US-wide review of court records and announcements of arrests issued by law enforcement agencies.
The charges range from misdemeanour curfew violations in the District of Columbia to federal felonies related to the assault of law enforcement officers, theft of government property and possessing firearms and explosives.
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The FBI Norfolk Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested Robert Keith Packer of Newport News, Virginia, they confirmed.
Authorities Say Man in ‘Camp Auschwitz Shirt at Riot Arrested The sweatshirt also contained the phrase, “Work brings freedom,” a translation of “Arbeit macht frei,” the German phrase that appeared on the camp’s entrance By Ben Finley and Denise Lavoie •
Published January 13, 2021 •
Updated on January 13, 2021 at 11:44 pm
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A man photographed wearing a “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt during the U.S. Capitol riot was arrested Wednesday in Virginia, authorities said.
Robert Keith Packer, 56, was arrested in Newport News, where he lives. He was charged with violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, and unlawfully entering a restricted building.