

You can watch the video below via YoutTube or at this link. “Our investigation is ongoing,” Platkin said. We never leave each other’s side,’” Garthaus said.Īttorney General Matt Platkin said Friday investigators are reaching out to law enforcement in other jurisdictions to find people who have information about the suspect. “I thought he was a little suspicious because he had her photo ID and all her debit cards in his wallet and he kept saying, ‘We never leave each other’s side. Garthaus told a reporter that she had seen Parrillo in the Conoco station for coffee twice before. Parrillo returned moments later, riding a bicycle, staring at the gas station, before riding away on Route 9, headed toward the Garden State Parkway, according to Madaan and the business’s security cameras. “He saw me through the door, and he turns around and starts running back whichever way he came from,” Madaan said. When Conoco store manager Jaitin “Bobby” Madaan heard the woman cry for help, he ran out of his office and locked eyes with Parrillo. The attendant made the emergency call and followed the woman, who was barefoot and wearing just a T-shirt and shorts, into the station. “She was screaming, ‘Call 911! He kidnapped me!’” said Jammie Garthaus. Parrillo choked her on multiple occasions and threatened to kill her and her family if she fled, according to an affidavit of probable cause filed by police in support of the kidnapping charge.Ī gas station attendant on a smoking break told NJ.com she was the first to see the woman. "So, it feels like this really is a pretty significant step in the direction of indictments," he stated. "What does that tell us? Well, those pages probably contain the names and the statutes violated of all of the people the grand jury found enough evidence to indict." "And then that there is page after page after page of redactions," he added. "Probably the most important reveal," he continued, "and the one that is most ominous for Donald Trump is as one sentence in the grand jury report when they say, 'we set forth for the court recommendations on indictments and relevant statues inferentially relevant statues violated.'" "That is the very definition of accessory after the fact," he emphasized.ĪLSO IN THE NEWS: 'Interesting twist' could lead to federal involvement in Trump Georgia investigation: legal expert She gets step to those witnesses and potentially indict them for perjury, for obstruction of justice, lying to the grand jury and accessory after the fact because those lies may have had the effect of helping Donald Trump get away with his crimes."

That is important because it gives Fani Willis leverage. District Judge Thomas Hogan is scheduled to sentence Reeder next week, and prosecutors are recommending a two-month prison term, but the judge may impose up to a six-month maximum.Īs Kirschner explained, "As you mentioned, the grand jury said one or more people we believe lied to us. For the nation, it was a permanent source of shame and sorrow," wrote assistant U.S. "For the Defendant, these unlawful acts were a source of pride and accomplishment. Reeder's attorney described him as an "accidental tourist," but prosecutors noted in a court filing Friday that he recorded himself breaching the Capitol twice, recorded video of a police officer's assault and boasted that he "battle(d) the police." "He did not care much for President Trump, although he favored some of President Trump's policies and he was not a strong supporter of his Democratic opponent in the election," Bonsib wrote. The lawyer claims Reeder attended the Trump rally, which had been heavily promoted by right-wing social media accounts, because he thought it might be the last time he would hear the then-president speak. Reeder is not politically active, is not and has never been a member of any right-wing or anti-government or extremist group and has, unfortunately, been publicly grouped with many others (whose) views he abhors," wrote defense attorney Robert Bonsib.

The attorney for Robert Reeder, who pleaded guilty to joining the riot, claims in a new court filing the 55-year-old took a train from Maryland to Washington, D.C., to hear the defeated president speak at a "Stop the Steal" rally because he had "nothing better to do," and made a "spur of the moment decision and regrettable mistake" when he followed the crowd of Trump supporters into the Capitol, reported the Associated Press. Capitol rioter now claims he's a Democrat and not a Donald Trump supporter - although he was seen wearing a "MAGA" hat and heard chanting "fight for Trump" during the Jan.
