A St. Louis Cardinals fan accused of storming the Capitol while wearing bright red during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack pleaded guilty Friday to charges related to the riot.
The man, who legally changed his name from Daniel Donnelly Jr. to Larry Runner in 2017, announced that he had pleaded guilty to a felony charge of insurrection in the District of Columbia. to the statement From the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
A 43-year-old male runner from Missouri stormed into the Capitol wearing a red “Keep America Great” hat, red jacket and red face paint. The runner is known in St. Louis for his antics, including running around the stadium during Cardinals games wearing red clothing and red face paint, according to the Associated Press.
While participating in the riot, the runners confronted law enforcement wearing stolen police riot shields and used them to push the mob of rioters further into the Capitol, prosecutors said.
Runner addressed his actions at the Capitol in a video posted to Facebook later that day, while he was still wearing red and face paint.
“I’ve received a riot shield and I’m not trying to cause violence, but I’m trying to be the furthest person to go all the way, or at least the farthest I can get,” he said on social media. I wrote it on a media site. , according to the release.
The runner’s post continued: “I was taking up a lot of space, had a mob shield, and was right there, but for some reason, other people on the front lines with me did similar things….They It’s like he followed me.”
He was arrested in St. Louis on August 2, 2023. U.S. District Judge Zia M. Cobb is scheduled to sentence him on July 30.
More than 1,358 people have been charged with crimes related to the Capitol riot.
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