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‘Um, so you already have the picture’: Capitol rioter facing 20 years tried to talk his way out of arrest

According to a report from the Daytona Beach Journal, a 60-year-old man from Edgewater, Florida was taken into custody for his part in the storming of the Capitol on Jan 6th., by law enforcement officials acting on a federal warrant issued by U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Howard Berton Adams Jr. is facing up to 20 years in prison on charges of obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder; obstruction of justice/Congress; knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building; disorderly conduct in restricted building or grounds; disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds; and parading or demonstrating in Capitol building, the report states.

Court documents state that Adams stood out in the crowd while “screaming and brandishing a flagpole with a U.S. flag emblazoned with a coiled snake.” Continue reading.

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