A couple who lives aboard a boat in one of the Florida Keys appeared this Tuesday before a federal judge after being arrested and charged with charges for participating in the riots on January 6, 2021 at the United States Capitol, according to local media.
This Monday night, officers from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office arrested Bryan Roger Bishop, 51, and his partner Tonya Bishop, 47, at the Cayo Marathon marina, for which they both appeared before a judge today. in Key West.
Bryan is accused of spraying an “irritating chemical” at two police officers, while Tonya is accused of trespassing into the Capitol building during the attack, carried out by supporters of then-President Donald Trump with the goal of nullifying the 2020 presidential election. .
The couple, who live on a boat moored at the Marathon marina, appeared before Judge Lurana S. Snow, who read the charges.
Both pleaded not guilty and were released on $100,000 bail, details the aforementioned outlet.
According to the digital newspaper keysnews.com, the federal prosecutor’s office charged Bryan with seven felonies, including assaulting and resisting “with a deadly or dangerous weapon” agents of the DC Metropolitan Police Department.
In addition, he was charged with civil disorder, entering and remaining in a restricted building, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building, engaging in physical violence in a restricted building, and engaging in physical violence on capital grounds.
His partner Tanya also faces these latest crimes.
Both will appear before a federal court in Washington, DC, on August 17.
On August 3, former US President Donald Trump (2017-2021) appeared before a court accused of trying to reverse the result of the 2020 election that he lost to President Joe Biden and of having instigated the assault on the Capitol in 2021.
Trump pleaded not guilty in federal court for the District of Columbia, in Washington, to the four charges against him for allegedly trying to reverse the result of the 2020 vote, in which he lost to Biden.
The culmination of those efforts was the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the headquarters of Congress while a joint session of the houses was held to ratify Biden’s electoral victory.
On January 6, 2021, some 10,000 people – most of them Trump supporters – marched on the Capitol and some 800 stormed the building. Five people died and about 140 agents were attacked.
More than 770 people, residents throughout the country, face charges for crimes such as attacking police officers, impeding their functions, destroying government property, entering a building with restricted access or, in the most serious, conspiracy and sedition.
