Man seen wearing “Camp Auschwitz” shirt during Capitol riot arrested in Virginia

A person seen sporting a “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt through the U.S. Capitol riots final week has been arrested in Newport Information, Virginia, a senior legislation enforcement official confirmed to CBS Information.

Court docket information say Robert Keith Packer was arrested Wednesday by federal authorities within the Jap District of Virginia on a warrant out of Washington, D.C. The arrest warrant says he is dealing with federal prices of unlawfully getting into a restricted space and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.

The picture of the shirt referencing the Nazi focus camp drew widespread condemnation on social media. In a prison grievance unsealed Wednesday, an FBI agent wrote that the shirt “seems to be an emblem of Nazi hate ideology.”  It was considered one of quite a lot of anti-Semitic symbols and messages seen through the Capitol riots that consultants view as a part of a disturbing nationwide pattern, studies The Associated Press. 

The grievance stated {that a} cooperating witness tipped off the FBI that he acknowledged the person seen sporting the shirt in media studies as Packer, a frequent buyer at his retailer close to Newport Information, Virginia. The witness supplied a photograph of Packer inside his retailer on December 11, during which he was sporting the identical sweatshirt. 

The grievance says a photograph taken of Packer contained in the Capitol on January 6 seems to indicate him amongst a bunch holding up a shard of a damaged nameplate from the workplace of Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Packer was being held at Western Tidewater Regional Jail in Suffolk, in response to CBS affiliate WTKR-TV. He appeared just about Wednesday earlier than a federal Justice of the Peace choose, who ordered him launched on private recognizance bond. Packer’s launch included the circumstances that he attend a January 19 digital listening to in District of Columbia federal court docket, and that he avoid the District until required to be there for court docket.

Packer instructed the choose he would retain his personal legal professional, however in any other case stated little through the listening to. He stated he had not seen a federal affidavit in assist of the fees in opposition to him, which the choose ordered to be unsealed.

Greater than 70 individuals are already dealing with federal and native prices within the January 6 assault that left 5 useless. A whole bunch extra prices are anticipated as federal investigators comb ideas, video and social media to determine and arrest suspects throughout the nation. These already charged face quite a lot of counts together with illegal entry, disorderly conduct, theft, assault and weapons violations. A staff of senior federal prosecutors are investigating extra critical prices together with sedition and conspiracy associated to the “most heinous” acts on the Capitol, appearing U.S. Lawyer for the District of Columbia Michael Sherwin stated Tuesday.

Catherine Herridge and Clare Hymes contributed to this report.