Authorities are trying to find a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter and self-proclaimed white supremacist from Maryland who allegedly livestreamed himself touching the hair of a number of unsuspecting girls on Metro trains.
Bryan Betancur, 28, has an lively arrest warrant for an assault and battery offense that happened aboard a Silver Line prepare servicing the Clarendon Metro Station in Virginia on Sunday night, in response to the Metro Transit Police.
“We’re conscious of movies circulating on social media depicting inappropriate habits towards Metro prospects. We’re taking experiences severely and actively investigating each lead,” police wrote in an announcement.
The creep allegedly livestreamed himself on social media touching a number of girls’s hair on Metro trains with out their information, in response to social media posts and native outlet The MoCoShow.
Betancur, a self-proclaimed white supremacist from Silver Springs, Maryland, was on parole for fourth-degree housebreaking prices when he was arrested in reference to the January 2021 riots on the US Capitol after his ankle monitor positioned him on the scene of the unrest, officers beforehand stated.
He “made statements to legislation enforcement officers that he’s a member of a number of white supremacy organizations” and “has voiced homicidal ideations, made feedback about conducting a faculty capturing, and has researched mass shootings,” in response to a federal affidavit.
The rioter additionally has expressed his want to be a “lone wolf killer,” the doc stated.
Betancur — who was fitted with an ankle bracelet and monitored by authorities — wore a Proud Boys T-shirt and flashed the “OK” hand sign in a social media put up close to the US Capitol Constructing on Jan. 6 whereas holding the nook of a Accomplice battle flag, in response to the affidavit.
The Proud Boys is a far-right, neo-fascist group based totally within the US that describes itself as a “pro-Western fraternal group for males who refuse to apologize for creating the fashionable world; aka Western Chauvinists,” federal authorities stated.
Betancur had acquired permission whereas on probation to journey to DC to promote Bibles with the evangelical Gideon Worldwide group when he joined the mob of hundreds on the US Capitol.
The convict served 4 months behind bars for his participation within the Jan. 6 riots — however was certainly one of roughly 1,500 defendants charged for his or her participation within the US Capitol riots who have been pardoned by President Trump early in his second presidential time period.
He was additionally charged in 2024 with a number of violations of an anti-stalking order barring him from contact with Brianne Champman, a Washington, DC activist and a counter-protester at hearings in circumstances launched to the Jan. 6 riots often called “Anarchy Princhess,” WSUA9 reported.
Betancur pleaded guiltyin DC Superior Court docket to 2 months of contempt of an anti-stalking order and was sentenced to 6 months in jail on every depend, with all however 30 days suspended, the outlet reported.
He was ordered to serve two years of supervised probation and spend the primary six months after his launch from jail on GPS monitoring, the outlet stated.
An account recognized as belonging to Betancur — with the bio “Citizen Journalist, Authorized Observer. Vindicated Patriot, Political Activist, Prolife, Antivax J6ER Catholic” — appeared to have privated all their content material as of Monday night.
Metro Transit Police is urging these with details about Betancur to name 202-962-2121 or textual content MYMTPD (696873).
