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Judi Lynn

(160,530 posts)
Tue Mar 2, 2021, 01:48 AM Mar 2021

NC man posed with Ike inside the US Capitol. Then his family turned him into the feds. [View all]

Source: Charlotte Observer

BY MICHAEL GORDON
MARCH 01, 2021 05:25 PM, UPDATED 7 HOURS 12 MINUTES AGO

Federal authorities had help identifying the pony-tailed man wearing a “Keep America Great” sweatshirt who popped up in numerous photographs inside the U.S. Capitol.

Grayson Sherrill’s family turned him in.



Two witnesses submitted tips to the FBI that identified Grayson Sherrill, left, in this photo taken inside the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. FBI.GOV

The Cherryville man becomes the latest North Carolinian accused of taking part in the violent storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6.

A newly unsealed complaint charges Sherrill with three felonies: knowingly entering and remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; knowingly engaging in disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted area; and violent and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.

. . .

He becomes at least the sixth North Carolinian charged in connection with the Capitol violence, including one former police officer.

. . .

A series of photographs included in the federal complaint against him shows a dark-haired, pony-tailed man wearing jeans, combat boots and a red Trump sweatshirt moving through the Capitol carrying either a rod or cane-like object.

Read more: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/article249613823.html

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