FBI: Man who wore GPS device during Capitol riots arrested

A self-professed white supremacist was wearing a GPS-enabled monitoring device when he joined crowd of Trump supporters who stormed U.S. Capitol this month, according to a court filing accompanying his arrest.

Investigators used monitoring device to retrace Bryan Betancur's movements on day of deadly insurrection. He was wearing device under terms of his probation in Maryland after a burglary conviction. His probation officer called FBI to report that Betancur had claimed to have been inside Capitol building with rioters and said he was tear gassed during siege.

Betancur, who was arrested Sunday in Maryland on charges related to riots, told investigators that has been a member of several white supremacist groups and has expressed a desire to be a “lone wolf killer,” an FBI nt wrote in an affidavit.

Betancur also has expressed support for James Fields, Ohio man convicted of murder for killing a woman when he plowed his car into a crowd of counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017, according to affidavit.

“Betancur has stated he wanted to run people over with a vehicle and kill people in a church," nt wrote. “Betancur subsequently stated that he had changed his mind about hurting people.”

Betancur, who lived in Silver Spring, Maryland, before riots, was arrested on charges including engaging in unlawful activities on Capitol grounds, disorderly conduct and engaging in disorderly or disruptive conduct in any restricted building or grounds.

It wasn't immediately clear if Betancur has an attorney.

An informant provided FBI nt with screenshots of social media accounts that Betancur apparently used under names Bryan Clooney and Maximo Clooney. One im shows him standing on scaffolding on west side of Capitol building and holding corner of a Confederate battle flag. Ar im shows him wearing a T-shirt associated with Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group, according to nt.