Retired Air Force lieutenant Arrested For Role In Capitol Riot After Ex-Wife Reported Him To The Feds
The feds are cracking down on a bunch of Trump supporters who participated in the deadly Capitol riots last week.
The latest person to be taken into custody is Larry Rendell Brock — a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel in the Air Force Reserves. He was identified as the man who was photographed wearing combat gear, including a green helmet, and carrying “white flex cuffs” while on the Senate floor. According to NBC 5 in Dallas, the 53-year-old surrendered to FBI agents on Sunday after he agreed to meet them at the police department in Grapevine, Texas.
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His arrest affidavit alleges that several people actually turned in Brock after recognizing him in the news footage, but his ex-wife of 18 years was one of the people who reported him to the FBI. “I just know that when I saw this was happening, I was afraid he would be there,” Brock’s ex-wife allegedly told the FBI, according to the affidavit. “I think you already know he was there. It is such a good picture and I recognize his patch,” People Magazine quotes.
The affidavit says a second witness also reported Brock to the FBI the same day, telling the authorities: “It looks like him and he has pilot wings on his chest in this picture. He was an A-10 pilot. Worked at L3, and he still has contacts that work with L3 that knew he was flying to Washington DC,” TMZ quotes.
So what was his reason for participating? he says it’s because “The President asked for his supporters to be there to attend, and I felt like it was important.” Meanwhile, he’s also denying that he had intentions with the zip ties though, claiming he found them inside the Capitol and planned to return them to police.
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