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A Naples woman faces several charges more than three years after a mob of former President Donald Trump breached the U.S. Capitol and engaged in a violent riot that left at least two dead.
Lin Marie Carey, 56, was arrested Wednesday on felony and misdemeanor charges related to her conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol.
On Jan. 6, 2021, after former President Donald Trump's reelection loss, a riot of his supporters, including Carey, stormed the U.S. Capito, authorities say. The mob hoped to prevent Congress from counting electoral college votes and keep then-President-elect Joe Biden from power.
Carey is charged in a criminal complaint filed in federal court in the District of Columbia with felony obstruction of an official proceeding; a misdemeanor offense of knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; a misdemeanor offense of disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; and a misdemeanor offense of disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, parading, picketing, and demonstrating in a Capitol building.
The FBI arrested Carey on Wednesday in Naples. Carey made her initial appearance
Russian court bars anti-Ukraine war hopeful from presidential race
Russia's Supreme Court on Monday upheld a ruling barring liberal politician Boris Nadezhdin from running in the upcoming presidential election.
Nadezhdin, a city council member in the town of Dolgoprudny near Moscow, was nominated by the Civic Initiative party to run in an election President Vladimir Putin is all but set to win. He has been vocal against the war in Ukraine, garnering support among opposition-minded Russians.
In a statement on social media, Nadezhdin said he would continue to appeal his case. in the Middle District of Florida in Fort Myers the same day, court records show.
She is at least the second Southwest Florida to face charges linked to the event.
Christopher Worrell, 52, of East Naples, will remain jailed in Washington, D.C., for the immediate future. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth announced the prison sentence in January. Worrell has appealed the 10-year sentence.
According to court documents, Carey entered the Capitol building Jan. 6,
Nadezhdin's backer, the Civic Initiative party, doesn't have representatives in the parliament. Russian election law requires such candidates to attain at least 100,000 signatures to qualify to run for the presidency. Nadezhdin secured 105,000 signatures after his call for a halt to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine became a key part of his campaign.
However, on Feb. 21, Russia's Central Election Commission declared more than 9,000 of the signatures submitted by Nadezhdin's campaign invalid – enough to disqualify him from the race. In Russia, potential candidates can have no more than 5% of their submitted signatures invalidated. 2021, via the East Side doors with a crowd of other rioters while wearing scuba goggles.
In a video that she recorded after entering the Capitol, Carey stated, "We overtook the Capitol" and, "We simply wanted to take our house back."
She added, "We want our republic back. We will not allow the Chinese to overtake the United States of America. We want to talk to Pelosi; we want to talk to Schumer; we want to talk to Pence."
According to authorities, Carey told
2 men are dead after small plane crashes near home in Minnesota
AFTON, Minn. – Investigators are trying to determine what caused a small plane to crash near a home in Minnesota, killing both people on board.
The accident happened just before 9:45 a.m. Saturday in Afton, a town of about 2,900 residents 30 miles east of Minneapolis. The Washington County Sheriff's Office said in a news release that it received several calls reporting what sounded like an explosion.
Responders found the plane engulfed in flames in the yard of a home, near the attached garage, the sheriff 's office said.
No one on the ground was hurt. investigators she learned through social media groups that buses were being organized to go to Washington, D.C., for the Trump rally.
Carey reportedly told authorities that she signed up through an Eventbrite website and paid $115
for the bus ticket. She further stated that on Jan. 5, 2021, the buses departed from Seed to Table — a Naples grocery store owned by activist Alfie Oakes.
She told authorities she knew four or five other people on the bus through a church group. Carey said there were approximately 95 people spread between both buses.
Court records on Friday afternoon displayed her conditions of release, but a bond amount wasn't immediately available.
In 37 months, more than 1,313 men and women have been charged in nearly all 50 states for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol, including more than 469 individuals charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement, which is a felony. The investigation remains ongoing.
Tomas Rodriguez is a Breaking/Live News Reporter for the Naples Daily News and The News-Press. You can reach Tomas at TRodriguez@gannett.com or 772-333-5501. Connect with him on Threads @tomasfrobeltran, Instagram @tomasfrobeltran and Facebook @tomasrodrigueznews.
Police in Belgium arrest 4 people suspected of planning attack
BRUSSELS – Police in Belgium have arrested four people suspected of plotting an attack against a concert hall in Brussels, the federal prosecutor's office said Monday.
The adult arrested has been charged with “participation in the activities of a terrorist group” with the aim of committing an attack, the office said. Three underage individuals also were arrested.
“According to the initial findings of (the) investigation, it appears that a Brussels concert hall was specifically targeted, with an attack planned in a few weeks' time,” the office said.