A New Jersey man was charged in connection with the deadly January 6 insurrection after his mom told her friend that he was among the crowd of Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol.
Authorities say the mom of Robert Petrosh Jr. told her friend days after the riot that Petrosh had stormed the Capitol. Her friend later told her grandchild who contacted the FBI.
The grandchild told the FBI he did not have any photos or video of Petrosh in the building, but said Petrosh “had been lying low following the arrests of other individuals who entered the U.S. Capitol building,” according to court documents.
Prior to Petrosh’s mom friend’s grandchild alerting the FBI, agents received an anonymous tip on Jan. 10 that Petrosh was on the steps of the Capitol building on Jan. 6.
A current FBI Task Force officer, who has known Petrosh for approximately 15 years was also able to positively identify him in screenshots of surveillance video taken from inside the Capitol.
Petrosh is charged with entering or remaining in any restricted building, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building, disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building.
He turned himself in earlier this week, and was released on a $50,000 bond on Tuesday, according to NJ.com.
