The man who is accused of involvement in the January 6 insurrection with the Proud Boys was identified by social media detectives thanks to a photo of him modeling underwear on a runway.
A man named Alan Fischer III was arrested in Florida on Friday.
He is charged with a number of offenses, including civil disorder, violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, and resisting an officer.
According to his affidavit, he was seen in the Proud Boys marching on January 6, 2021. He threw traffic cones, chairs, and a pole towards a line of police.
May 20, 2021.
The man in the photos was dubbed the "RayBanTerrorist" by social media detectives because of the sunglasses he was wearing.
According to the FBI's most wanted list, he was no. 222.
The media outlet said that he had deleted a lot of his social media. The online sleuths used facial recognition software to match an image of the so-called "RayBanTerrorist" to an image of a local newspaper story.
From there, they found more photos of him on different social media platforms.
A post has been shared by 3BBM.
One image shows a man with tattoos on his arm on a runway, modeling black underwear with a gold pouch.
January 14, 2022.
HuffPost reported that his tattoos were identifiable in a photo of him with a group of Proud Boys, even though his arms were covered in photos from the Capitol.
According to court documents, a witness at the Proud Boys' Florida events helped identify him to them, but it is not known if the work of the civilian investigators led directly to his arrest.
A phone number believed to be that of a current or former girlfriend was used by investigators to link Fischer to a flight from the city to the country.
Frank W. McDermott was unable to comment on the case.
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