Maryland Couple Charged With Disorderly Conduct In Jan. 6 Capitol Riot

EMMITSBURG, Md. (WJZ) — An Emmitsburg, Md. mates was arrested connected Monday and charged with convulsive introduction oregon disorderly behaviour and knowingly entering restricted buildings oregon grounds for their alleged information successful the Jan. 6 riot astatine the U.S. Capitol, the U.S. Attorney for Washington D.C. said.

According to an FBI investigation, Christopher Price and Cynthia Ballenger allegedly arrived astatine the Capitol grounds astir 2:44 p.m., based connected mobile tracking day linked to Ballenger’s Gmail account. Surveillance footage allegedly shows Price and Ballenger entering done the Senate Carriage Door astir 3:22 p.m. and going backmost extracurricular a abbreviated clip later.

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Additional footage allegedly shows the mates lasting adjacent a debased partition extracurricular the Capitol–an country that remains restricted–for astir a fractional hour.

The FBI interviewed an unnamed person who texted with Price connected the time of the riot.

Price allegedly told his person “In” astir 3:24 p.m., and said determination was “Broken solid everywhere” and they were “Climbing done the window.”

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Price allegedly sent a photograph of a assemblage of radical wrong the Capitol and said, “Worth warring for Trump.”

At 3:48 p.m., Price allegedly sent a representation of helium and Ballenger extracurricular the Capitol and said, “We’re connected our mode backmost Cynthia freezing.”

Both Price and Ballenger were interviewed by the FBI successful June, according to a transgression complaint filed successful the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Ballenger told investigators she and her hubby were “on the low-end of the spectrum” among the categories of radical astatine the Capitol connected Jan. 6, portion Price said that if, “hypothetically,” they were there, they were not among the radical causing problems, according to the complaint.

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The mates was arrested connected Aug. 9, national prosecutors said.

CBS Baltimore Staff