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Man with a Milton-area address charged with Jan. 6 Capitol riot crimes
EDITOR’S NOTE: An earlier model of this story incorrectly recognized the city that Nicholas Lattanzi is from. He’s from Millsboro.
A second particular person has been arrested in Delaware this week on federal fees related to the insurrectionist riots on the U.S. Capitol final 12 months.
Court docket data state that Jeffrey Schaefer was arrested Thursday on 4 fees associated to trespassing within the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Court docket paperwork additionally state that Schaefer is related to an handle outdoors of Milton. He’s the fifth particular person with ties to Delaware charged in reference to riots on the U.S. Capitol.
An affidavit signed by a Baltimore-based FBI agent states that nameless tipsters first pointed to Schaefer as a kind of who flooded into the U.S. Capitol that day.
Editor’s Observe: Learn the agent’s affidavit on the finish of this story.
One tipster supplied Fb posts of pictures depicting the within of the U.S. Capitol throughout the riots that have been posted by an account that investigators tied to Schaefer, in accordance with court docket paperwork.
Investigators additionally executed a search warrant on the Fb account and located pictures of Schaefer carrying a inexperienced, Realtree-branded hat. The agent wrote that the hat matches the one worn by a person they imagine to be Schaefer and depicted on surveillance footage contained in the U.S. Capitol.
The agent wrote that Schaefer entered the constructing via a smashed window and remained inside for 28 minutes.
Investigators additionally subpoenaed location information for a cellphone quantity related to Schaefer, which the agent stated evidenced his proximity to the constructing throughout the time he’s accused of trespassing.
No legal professional was listed for Schaefer in court docket data as of Friday. His fees carry potential jail time.
He’s the second Delawarean this week to be charged with trespassing within the U.S. Capitol. Federal authorities arrested Nicholas Lattanzi, of Millsboro, on Tuesday on the identical fees.
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They be part of three different Delawareans ready for the decision of their fees related to the Jan. 6 rebellion.
5 individuals died in or shortly after the assault on the U.S. Capitol, together with a police officer. Two different officers killed themselves afterward, and dozens of cops have been injured that day. A whole lot of individuals have been charged with federal offenses.
Anthony Antonio, a Delaware native who now works out of state, has pleaded not responsible to a number of crimes related to the rebellion.
An affidavit signed by an FBI agent searching for fees in opposition to Antonio states that the Delaware native climbed scaffolding outdoors the Capitol, briefly entered the constructing via a damaged window, poured water towards an officer being dragged down steps by rioters, acquired maintain of a riot defend and fuel masks, and made threatening statements towards officers.
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In public statements following his arrest, Antonio stated he went to Washington motivated by false information protection on networks like Fox Information and Newsmax peddling Republican lies that the election had been stolen. He stated when the violence started to develop round him on the steps of the Capitol, he sought to tamp it down, inflicting the gang to activate him.
Hunter and Kevin Seefried, a father and son from Laurel, are additionally charged with crimes related to trespassing on U.S. Capitol grounds. Kevin Seefried, the daddy, was famously photographed parading a Confederate flag within the constructing, prosecutors acknowledged in court docket paperwork. Each have pleaded not responsible to federal fees.
Contact Xerxes Wilson at (302) 324-2787 or [email protected]
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