New York mother, son arrested in theft of Pelosi’s laptop
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A New York mother and son have been charged with theft in aiding the disappearance of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s laptop during the Jan. 6 insurrection after the FBI initially raided a home 4,500 miles away in Alaska, looking for the computer.
The FBI on Friday arrested Maryann Mooney-rondon, 55, and her son, Rafael Rondon, 23, of Watertown, New York, in connection with the stolen laptop, according to court documents. Both also face other charges related to the riot at the Capitol.
Both appeared in federal court Friday in Syracuse, New York, and released pending further proceedings, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York.
Mooney-rondon allegedly admitted to being in both the Capitol the day of the riots and Pelosi’s conference room, the document says. Both mother and son admitted they were the ones depicted in the photos taken at the Capitol during the riots and distributed by the FBI.