Howard County Man Andrew Ryan Bennett Pleas Guilty In US Capitol Riot Charges

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COLUMBIA, Md. (WJZ) — Andrew Ryan Bennett pleaded blameworthy Thursday to 1 misdemeanor number successful charges linked to the Jan. 6 riot astatine the U.S. Capitol.

Bennett, who is from Columbia, turned himself successful to the FBI successful January. Bennett was astatine the Capitol erstwhile a convulsive mob of pro-Trump supporters stormed the building. Five radical died during the assault, including a Capitol Police officer.

During an archetypal tribunal appearance, Bennett promised to enactment distant from the Capitol and was released from jail. He’s facing 5 charges, including entering a restricted gathering and disorderly behaviour astatine the Capitol.

Bennett agreed to let feds to show his societal media accounts; earlier riot, helium posted “You amended beryllium ready—chaos is coming and I volition beryllium successful DC connected 1/6/2021 warring for my freedom.“ according to government. @wjz

— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) July 22, 2021

Bennett is not the archetypal Howard County idiosyncratic to beryllium linked to the deadly riots. Matthew Ryan Miller, 22, of Cooksville, was arrested the time earlier Bennett.

The ailment alleged that Bennett streamed unrecorded from wrong the U.S. Capitol 4 times connected Jan. 6 and posted those to Facebook.

He allegedly was wearing a shot headdress with a Proud Boys motto connected it. After obtaining a hunt warrant for Bennett’s Columbia residence, they recovered the Proud Boys chapeau among different items successful the location connected Jan. 11.

Bennett told FBI agents helium traveled unsocial to D.C. arriving astatine 6 a.m. and aboriginal entered the Capitol building.

Bennett faces a maximum of six months successful national prison. His sentencing is October 1.

More than 580 radical person been charged federally successful the riot.