SHEREE: THANK YOU. TONIGHT, WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT THE FIRST LOCAL PERSON CHARGED IN THE CAPITOL RIOTS. PROSECUTORS CHARGED A WILMINGTON MAN WITH AN INTERSTATE THREAT. MIKE: WLWT NEWS 5’S JATARA MCGEE IS LIVE WITH THE VIDEOS AT THE CENTER OF THE CASE HI. JATARA: THE FBI SAYS JUSTIN STOLL POSTED SEVERAL VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE AND THE APP CLAPPER AND THEY’RE NOW THE REASON HE FACING FEDERAL CHARGES AND COULD SPEND TWO DECADES IN PRISON. STOLL WAS PICKED UP THIS MORNING BY THE FBI’S JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCE. THE WILMINGTON MAN IS CHARGED WITH MAKING INTERSTATE THREATS AND THREATENING A WITNESS. THE FBI SAYS HE ASKED HIS VIEWERS IF HE SHOULD WEAR A BLACK UNITED STATES FLAG SHIRT TO D.C., SAYING, "BASICALLY, IF YOU ARE AN ENEMY COMBATANT, YOU WILL BE SHOT ON SIGHT. I KNOW THIS IS THE END ALL FLAG." AND COURT DOCUMENTS SAY HE REPLIED TO SOMEONE THREATENING TO TURN HIM IN WITH A VIDEO MESSAGE SAYING IN PART, "IF YOU EVER IN YOUR F=I-ING EXISTENCE D SOMETHING TO JEOPARDIZE TAKING ME AWAY FROM MY FAMILY, YOU WI -- TAKING ME AWAY FROM MY FAMILY, YOU CAN SAY THAT IN COURT, I DON’T CARE. YOU WILL ABSOLUTELY MEET YOUR MAKER. IF YOU EVER JEOPARDIZE ME, FROM BEING WITH MY FAMILY, YOU WILL ABSOLUTELY MEE
Capitol riot investigation: Clinton County man charged with online threats, witness tampering
Updated: 9:24 PM EST Jan 15, 2021
A Wilmington, Ohio, man has been charged federally with making interstate threats and threatening a witness. The crimes arise from the man’s alleged communications online related to his participation in the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol, federal officials said.Justin Stoll, 40, was arrested Friday morning by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.According to an affidavit, Stoll used the username “Th3RealHuckleberry” on the app Clapper and on YouTube to post videos related to his alleged participation in the Capitol protests.In one such video, federal officials claim Stoll asks his viewers if he should wear a black United States flag shirt to D.C., stating: “Basically, if you are an enemy combatant, you will be shot on sight…I know this is the end-all flag…”Stoll also allegedly posted videos of himself outside the Capitol with other protesters in which he said, among other things, “D.C.’s a war zone!...You ain’t got enough cops, baby! We are at war at the Capitol…. We have taken the Capitol. This is our country,” according to a news release from federal officials.According to the court document, Stoll received comments from concerned citizens in response to his YouTube videos, including from one user who said he or she had saved Stoll’s video. Stoll responded via another video, in which he said, in part:Well, that shows your f------ ignorance because, clearly, the capitol building is owned by the people, so again, nothing will happen. Secondly, I never admitted I went into it, did I? Go watch the video again. Daddy’s not stupid. Third, if you ever in your f------ existence did something to jeopardize taking me away from my family, you will absolutely meet your maker. You can play that for the D.A. in court, I don’t care. If you ever jeopardize me, from being with my family, you will absolutely meet your mother f------ maker, and I will be the one to arrange the meeting.Interstate communication of a threat is a federal crime punishable by up to five years in prison. Tampering with a witness through intimidation carries a potential maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.Stoll was released with restrictions Friday. He must stay in southern Ohio with an electronic monitoring device, stay off social media and away from guns, seek mental counseling and cannot contact potential witnesses or victims in the case.
A Wilmington, Ohio, man has been charged federally with making interstate threats and threatening a witness.
The crimes arise from the man’s alleged communications online related to his participation in the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol, federal officials said.
Justin Stoll, 40, was arrested Friday morning by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.
According to an affidavit, Stoll used the username “Th3RealHuckleberry” on the app Clapper and on YouTube to post videos related to his alleged participation in the Capitol protests.
In one such video, federal officials claim Stoll asks his viewers if he should wear a black United States flag shirt to D.C., stating: “Basically, if you are an enemy combatant, you will be shot on sight…I know this is the end-all flag…”
Stoll also allegedly posted videos of himself outside the Capitol with other protesters in which he said, among other things, “D.C.’s a war zone!...You ain’t got enough cops, baby! We are at war at the Capitol…. We have taken the Capitol. This is our country,” according to a news release from federal officials.
According to the court document, Stoll received comments from concerned citizens in response to his YouTube videos, including from one user who said he or she had saved Stoll’s video. Stoll responded via another video, in which he said, in part:
Well, that shows your f------ ignorance because, clearly, the capitol building is owned by the people, so again, nothing will happen. Secondly, I never admitted I went into it, did I? Go watch the video again. Daddy’s not stupid. [Wink.] Third, if you ever in your f------ existence did something to jeopardize taking me away from my family, you will absolutely meet your maker. You can play that for the D.A. in court, I don’t care. If you ever jeopardize me, from being with my family, you will absolutely meet your mother f------ maker, and I will be the one to arrange the meeting.
Interstate communication of a threat is a federal crime punishable by up to five years in prison. Tampering with a witness through intimidation carries a potential maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
Stoll was released with restrictions Friday. He must stay in southern Ohio with an electronic monitoring device, stay off social media and away from guns, seek mental counseling and cannot contact potential witnesses or victims in the case.
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