On Thursday, federal agents arrested 55-year-old retired firefighter Robert Sanford, formerly of the Chester Fire Department in Chester, Pennsylvania, in connection with the crime that Quintavalle had been accused of committing. "This story has f***ed my life up," Quintavalle added. Holy smokes, it's eye-opening how terrifying social media can be when something like this happens." It's over a picture that kind of looks like him because people sitting behind a keyboard with no proof or evidence are throwing out these tweets, and they're wrong. This has been an absolute disaster to him personally and his family. "Social media has killed David Quintavalle. and the Justice Department doesnt have to bring charges. Democratic members of Congress pushed for a bipartisan commission to investigate the Capitol riot akin to the one made post-9/11. Two years later, more than 1,000 have been charged with crimes. "I expect the federal government will soon shed light on this case of mistaken identity," Nisivaco told Patch. Thousands of pro-Trump supporters descended on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Everybody started saying, 'Here's the guy.'" What else?īy Tuesday night, Quintavalle began receiving angry calls from people calling him a "f***ing murderer'" and saying he belongs in jail, reporters were staking outside his home, and police had dispatched a patrol car watch overnight, according to his lawyer, John Nisivaco. and said, 'This is the guy.' And the ball started rolling. 6, 2021, according to federal prosecutors. Retired Chicago firefighter says Twitter trolls have wrongly accused him of being a 'terrorist' who killed a police officer with a fire extinguisher during the Jan. "Some woman from British Columbia showed the picture of the guy wearing CFD stocking cap and a beard like I've had. Februat 8:18 PM A retired Chicago Fire Department lieutenant joined anti-government militia groups in storming the U.S. "I got a phone call from a friend who said, 'You should see what they twittered about you,'" he said. Quintavalle, who is not active on social media, was reportedly unaware of the Twitter mob's assault on his character until a more tech-savvy friend informed him about what was happening. If you view the tweet thread, you can see that several tweets have since been deleted. "I personally know Retired CFD David Quintavalle, and this guy in the picture at the Capital is NOT HIM!" wrote Linda Gillespie in response to numerous tweets saying otherwise. The onslaught of accusations evidently drew out a friend of Quintavalle's who felt the need to vouch for his innocence. If David Quintavalle is the guy - a retired fire fighter who threw a fire extinguisher at a cop - the irony would be just too much," yet another Twitter user wrote in a since-deleted tweet, according to Patch. Pavlik was at least the 37th Illinoisan to be federally charged as part of the ongoing investigation into the Capitol attack, which prosecutors have described as one of the largest criminal investigations in American history."And his son is a cop. The complaint also stated that Pavlik’s vehicle has a lien on it through the Chicago Firefighters Credit Union. Instead, he said he was pushed by the crowd and struck and pepper-sprayed by a police officer before being “escorted out of danger” by two Capitol Police officers and returning to his hotel room.Ī witness who was familiar with the Group B members later told investigators that a member the witness knew as “Joe,” a retired firefighter from Chicago, had been pepper-sprayed during the melee and disappeared for hours afterward, later surfacing back at the hotel, the complaint alleged. House for a historic second time Wednesday, charged with incitement of insurrection over the deadly mob siege of the Capitol in a swift and stunning collapse of his final days in office. In that interview, Pavlik said he “got stuck” in the tunnel and asked a police officer to arrest him so he could get out of the tunnel safely. WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. Pavlik was interviewed a second time by federal agents in October at his home on Chicago’s Southwest Side, the complaint stated. In an interview that day, he acknowledged he was at the scene but claimed “he was pushed by the crowd into the police line but had his hands up the entire time so the police knew he was not a threat.” Department of Justice.Īt the time of those arrests, law enforcement agents searched Pavlik’s second home in Leesburg, Indiana, and found a gas mask matching the one he was seen wearing on the Capitol grounds, according to the complaint. 6, 2021 By John Keilman and Jason Meisner Chicago Tribune at 7:21 am 1 of 94 A mob. The other five alleged members of Pavlik’s group, who are all from Florida, were arrested in August on charges stemming from the same tunnel incident, according to the U.S. 38 people from Illinois have been charged for taking part in the US Capitol riot on Jan.
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