Federal authorities were alerted to Edwards' involvement in the riot through a tip that included screenshots of his wife's Facebook page, according to court documents.
According
to report, man sentenced after wife's Facebook posts tipped off FBI to Capitol
riot involvement.
A
Pennsylvania man whose involvement in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol was
inadvertently uncovered through his wife's Facebook posts has been sentenced to
a year of probation.
The man,
Gary Edwards, 68, of Southampton, pleaded guilty as part of a plea agreement to
demonstrating in the Capitol and was sentenced Monday in federal court, online
records show.
Other
charges of disorderly conduct, knowingly entering a restricted building,
disruption of official business and violent entry on Capitol Grounds were
dismissed.
In
addition to probation, U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg ordered Edwards to
pay a $2,500 fine and $500 in restitution.
Federal
authorities were alerted to Edwards' involvement in the riot through a tip that
included screenshots of his wife's Facebook page, according to court documents.
Man
sentenced after wife's Facebook posts tipped off FBI to Capitol riot
involvement
A
Pennsylvania man whose involvement in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol was
inadvertently uncovered through his wife's Facebook posts has been sentenced to
a year of probation.
The man,
Gary Edwards, 68, of Southampton, pleaded guilty as part of a plea agreement to
demonstrating in the Capitol and was sentenced Monday in federal court, online
records show.
Other
charges of disorderly conduct, knowingly entering a restricted building,
disruption of official business and violent entry on Capitol Grounds were
dismissed.
In
addition to probation, U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg ordered Edwards to
pay a $2,500 fine and $500 in restitution.
In one
post, Edwards' wife, Lynn Feiler Edwards, detailed how Edwards walked around
the building and talked with police, according to the documents, which included
her posts.
"Okay
ladies let me tell you what happened as my husband was there inside the Capitol
Rotunda," she wrote, in part. "Gary walked around the back of the
building and climbed the stairs walking right into the rotunda. He stood there
and heard and saw teargas blasts. The police were right next to him as Gary
poured water on their eyes."
Another
Facebook post described how Edwards walked around carrying U.S. flags and then
"walked right through the door into the rotunda."
The posts
were later deleted or removed from being viewed by the public, the court
documents said.
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