Man Arrested For His Role In US Capitol Siege After Telling Woman From Dating App About It

The FBI arrested another New York man for his role in the US Capitol siege after he tried to boast about storming the Capitol to a woman on a dating app.

Prosecutors say the Capitol rioter was arrested on Thursday after bragging on Facebook and on a dating app, Bumble, with a woman he matched with about how he stormed the Capitol.

The FBI arrested the offender Robert Chapman, of the Putnam County town of Carmel in connection with the events of Jan. 6 in Washington, D.C. that saw an attack on the country's Capitol, terrifying the mass population. Chapman was charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct on restricted government property.

He told the woman, “I did storm the capitol,” He also said he had made it all the way into Statuary Hall, NBC New York reported as alleged in the court papers.

In addition to the Bumble interaction, the FBI was notified about a Facebook post posted by a public profile, where Chapman is appearing to be inside the Capitol. The post is captioned, "My Dear friend and Brostar Robert made it in the Capitol building at the protest yesterday...Woo Hooooooooo!!!!" The FBI claims that the Facebook profile that goes by the name Robert Erick, is in fact, Chapman’s profile.

The Metropolitan Police Department's bodycam footage also showed a video of Chapman in Statuary Hall. According to the New York State Police Department, he was previously arrested in New York in 2017. It was unclear what he was charged with at the time, but state police were able to collaborate with federal agents to locate Chapman.

In previous posts, Robert Erick's public Facebook profile stated that he was leaving New York City, which he called the rotten apple. He added he was going to the District of Criminality for well-deserved entertainment. The next day, he wrote on his profile that he was "INSIDE THE CRAPITOL!!!" and shared pictures of himself posing inside the structure.

Following the attack on the Capitol, a group of liberal women had agreed to help the authorities track down the rioters by giving them information gathered from dating apps. To appear as a match with Trump supporters on the dating app, these women changed their political views on Bumble from liberal to conservative. They claimed to be fascinated by the Capitol riots in order to entice rioters to give them videos and pictures of themselves participating in the violent events of Jan. 6, which was ultimately handed over to the FBI.