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FBI: Controversial Jersey City Activist Took Selfie While Participating In U.S. Capitol Riot FBI: Controversial Jersey City Activist Took Selfie While Participating In U.S. Capitol Riot
FBI: Controversial Jersey City Activist Took Selfie While Participating In U.S. Capitol Riot A Jersey City man who made local headlines last summer as both a hero and alleged villain is among the latest defendants charged in the attack on the U.S. Capitol building earlier this month. And, once again, it was fellow citizens who snitched. Hector Vargas unlawfully and abusively entered the Capitol with other rioters on Jan. 6 and posted videos from inside, including a selfie, an FBI complaint on file in the District of Columbia charges. “We took over this motherf***er, bro,” Vargas says into the camera in one of the FBI-obtained videos. “We took over this f***ing capitol, tell them.” …

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Capitol Riot: Self-Described Dating, Sex 'Expert' From NJ Livestreamed From Inside Capitol Riot: Self-Described Dating, Sex 'Expert' From NJ Livestreamed From Inside
Capitol Riot: Self-Described Dating, Sex 'Expert' From NJ Livestreamed From Inside A self-described dating and sex coach from Camden County live-streamed video to more than 25,000 of his followers from inside the U.S. Capitol during the recent riot, said federal agents who arrested him Thursday. “I was pretty much in the first wave,” said Patrick Stedman, 32, according to the FBI. “[W]e broke down the doors and climbed up the back part of the Capitol building and got all the way into the chambers.” Agents used the video, social media posts and tips from witnesses – including a high school and college classmate of his – to identify and arrest Stedman, who lives with his pa…

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How Easy Was It For FBI To Find NJ Man Who Had Ashli Babbitt’s Blood On His Hands? How Easy Was It For FBI To Find NJ Man Who Had Ashli Babbitt’s Blood On His Hands?
How Easy Was It For FBI To Find NJ Man Who Had Ashli Babbitt’s Blood On His Hands? He literally had Ashli Babbitt’s blood on his hands. But that wasn’t what made it simple for the FBI to find and arrest Mercer County’s Thomas Baranyi for his role in last week’s attack on the U.S. Capitol building. Baranyi, a 28-year-old Peace Corps volunteer from Ewing who ended up in a viral video showing a reporter his bloody hand, was charged by the FBI Tuesday with disorderly conduct and being in a restricted building. Following a video-conferenced hearing in Newark, U.S. District Judge Cathy Waldor released the former wannabe U.S. Marine on a $100,000 unsecured bond and prohibited hi…

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by Jerry DeMarco