18, the FBI included a picture of Schwartz on a "BOLO" poster of Capitol riot suspects that it distributed throughout the United States, per the affidavit.Īgents also interviewed an Owensboro police lieutenant who confirmed the person pictured in the FBI poster was Schwartz.Ī few days later, the acquaintance who tipped off the FBI said Schwartz "still owes him money," per the affidavit. (We’re still spitting up gas and mace today.).” Very different than what I saw up close and personal. 7 post: "I’ll tell you this … I’m shocked reading the reports of what happened yesterday. Schwartz also wrote in the comments section on his Jan. I was there and whether people will acknowledge it or not we are now at war. What happened yesterday was the opening of a war. 7 post on the Facebook profile that said, “All the violence from the left was terrorism.
11 tip from the acquaintance of Schwartz directed FBI agents to a Facebook profile believed to belong to Schwartz.įBI agents found a Jan. Schwartz is later seen in the video "carrying a wooden baton in the midst of the large crowd of rioters near the tunnel arch," according to the affidavit.Īnother video shows a person believed to be Schwartz using a "large red canister to spray law enforcement with what appeared to be mace," the FBI said. The orange substance, believed to be mace, "lands near the face of an unidentified officer, causing him to turn his face away and step backwards" while appearing to "try to avoid inhaling the orange substance," federal agents said. Roughly 49 minutes into the nearly 90-minute video, an arm clad in the "same distinctive yellow-and-blue check material" is seen spraying an orange substance from a black canister "directly" at a group of Capitol and Metropolitan police officers, the affidavit says. 7 on YouTube and showed the Kentucky man on the West Terrace of the Capitol building wearing a "distinctive yellow-and-blue checked shirt or jacket," according to the affidavit. Court records show Schwartz will be represented by federal public defender Jay Jon Finkelstein.įBI agents identified Schwartz in an Action 8 News video of the riot that was posted Jan. It was not immediately clear why he was in Uniontown, a city about 50 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. Schwartz appeared Thursday before a federal judge in Pittsburgh and will remain in custody ahead of a Wednesday detention hearing, according to court records. The affidavit does not specify Schwartz's hometown or age, but Kentucky court records indicate Schwartz is 47 years old and has an Owensboro address. The person said Schwartz is a traveling welder and convicted felon who was released from prison due to COVID-19, per the affidavit from a special agent with the FBI. The individual said Schwartz was involved in the riot in Washington, D.C., along with supporters of then-President Donald Trump, and that he was supposed to be at a rehabilitation facility in Owensboro on Jan. US Capitol riot arrests: What we know about the Kentucky people charged 11 from an individual "who is personally acquainted with Schwartz." He was charged federally with entering restricting grounds, entering grounds with the intent to impede government business, disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, assault on a federal officer, and obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder.Īn affidavit says the FBI National Threat Operations Center received a tip Jan.
Peter Schwartz was arrested in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, according to reports from Pittsburgh news outlets. Capitol riot, with federal authorities accusing him of spraying mace at police officers during the Jan. LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Kentucky man was reportedly arrested Thursday in Pennsylvania in connection with last month's deadly U.S.
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