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La Opinion New York Eduard Florea, a supporter of the far-right group "Proud Boys", had an arsenal at his home in Queens Police reinforcement after the legislative assault Photo: Stefani Reynolds / Getty Images Eduard Florea, a supporter of the far-right group “Proud Boys” that threatened to deploy “three cars full of armed patriots” in Washington DC last week, he was charged yesterday with storing military-style combat knives and more than a thousand rifle cartridges at his home in Queens (NYC), said the federal authorities. Florea (40) was charged with possession of ammunition as a convicted felon and was denied bail after the FBI searched his home in Middle Village, and questioned him about a series of threats about the deadly siege of the Capitol posted on the Pa...

Looting of the Capitol on January 6 Photo: JIM LO SCALZO / EFE Eduardo Florea was arrested last night by the FBI in a house in Queens (NYC) for alleged online threats to send an armed caravan to the United States Capitol , said police sources. Florea, from 40 years, he was arrested on a federal weapons charge at the home in Middle Village near Elliot Avenue and Street 76. Sources said Florea is suspected of posting online about the Capitol siege last week, though it was determined that she did not attend Washington D.C. It was not immediately clear if the alleged threat from the caravan was related to the disturbances at the Capitol or a potentially planned separate event. Florea was also being investigated for possible connections with the far-right group “Proud Boys”, so...