Stephen Chase Randolph was arrested in Kentucky. Federal authorities say he told undercover agents it was 'f**king fun' to be in the Capitol mob.
Stephen Chase Randolph was arrested in a U.S. Capitol riot case that was built off of a facial recognition search.
The FBI released images of Randolph in late January, designating him as #168-AFO because he was wanted for “assault on federal officers.” Members of the loosely affiliated sleuthing groupdubbed the suspect as #GrayCarharttHat, based on his knit cap, and published additional images of him. “The facial recognition tool yielded results associated with the Instagram page of an individual from Kentucky who appeared to be the girlfriend of the SUBJECT,” a FBI special agent wrote in an. “Individual-1′s Instagram account also contained a photograph of the SUBJECT wearing the same grey toboggan with white ‘Carhartt’ embroidered on the front” that was seen in videos at the Capitol.
“RANDOLPH opined that the female police officer likely had a concussion because she was curled up in the fetal position after being pushed to the ground,” the affidavit states. He was arrested one week after the FBI’s undercover visit.in the Capitol riot investigation and have been used by online sleuths to identify potential suspects.
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