A Connecticut mother and her teenage daughter have been arrested for allegedly participating in the January 6 Capitol riot – after...
A Connecticut mother and her teenage daughter have been arrested for allegedly participating in the January 6 Capitol riot – after a Facebook friend secretly turned them into the FBI.
Court records indicate Jean Lavin, 56, and daughter Carla Krzywicki, 19 were arrested Tuesday after someone sent a screenshot of a Facebook post that featured photos taken as protesters stormed the Capitol.
Uploaded by Krzywicki, the post included a picture taken inside the Capitol and a selfie of both decked out in Trump winter hats posing outside the building.
'This is history,' the post was captioned; 'We do not go burning down your city and stealing from your business. We come for the government officials that are ruining our country.
'We go straight to the source. Change needs to happen. That is our house and you work for us.'
The posts have since been deleted.
Using cellphone data, agents were able to identify the duo in videos and photos from their clothing, in addition to a homemade sign that read, 'TRUMP WON' featuring two American flags.
Court records indicate Jean Lavin, 56, (right) and daughter Carla Krzywicki, 19 (left) were arrested Tuesday after someone sent a screenshot of a Facebook post that featured photos taken as protesters stormed the Capitol.
Videos also depict rioters - including the mother-daughter pair - climbing barricades that were being used as ladders, according to documents
Using cellphone data, agents were able to identify the duo in videos and photos from their clothing, in addition to a homemade sign that read, 'TRUMP WON' featuring two American flags
Videos also depict rioters - including the mother-daughter pair - climbing barricades that were being used as ladders, according to documents.
At their home in Canterbury in June, Lavin and Krzywicki both admitted that they'd taken a bus from Norwich to DC when being interviewed by authorities.
Due to their bus being delayed, the mother and daughter said they missed a speech by then President Donald Trump, records indicate.
As Congress prepared to officiate Joe Biden's win over Trump in the 2020 presidential election, the pair told authorities they joined a crowd of people walking toward the Capitol building.
They said they went into the building for about a half hour and left, before returning for another 20 minutes.
They mother-and-daughter duo said they went into the building for about a half hour then left before returning for another 20 minutes.
As of August 30, there have been 638 people charged in relation to the January 6 Capitol siege, according to Insider .
Krzywicki told agents her mother had fallen, which resulted in them leaving.
She later deleted her Facebook post, 'because it seemed like a bad idea to leave it up.'
The two face numerous charges including disorderly conduct in a Capitol building and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building.
As of August 30, there have been 638 people charged in relation to the January 6 Capitol siege, according to Insider.
Many people were injured during the riot, including 138 police officers. Four officers died of suicide within seven months following the January 6 insurrection, Reuters reports.
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