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Los Angeles man who participated in the Capitol seizure arrested

Arrestan a hombre de Los Ángeles que participó en la toma del Capitolio

The FBI arrested one of the Capitol protesters at his home in Glendora.

Photo: ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP / Getty Images

A youth of 20 from the area of Los Angeles accused of participating in the Capitol riots was arrested by the FBI Wednesday night at his residence, as reported local media.

Hunter Allen Ehmke, a resident of the Glendora neighborhood was taken into the custody of federal authorities shortly after 8 p.m. The Los Angeles man faces accusations of having caused damage to public property, obstruction of an official procedure and violent and disorderly entrance to the Capitol .

During the January 6 riots that took place in the Capitol by Trump supporters, the young man allegedly tried to break a window that led into an office inside the building, but according to the documents of the Prosecutor’s Office, Ehmke would have failed and fell to the ground being disoriented, when the Capitol Police took the opportunity to arrest him.

But due to the disorder in the Capitol, the agents decided to let him go after reading his rights and photographing him and the damages he caused, assuring him that he would have to answer for what he did.

The youth is expected to be present adored in Los Angeles court this Thursday .

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