CAPITOL RIOTS Former Rocky Mount police officer pleads guilty in Capitol riots Laurence Hammack Mar 18, 2022 Mar 18, 2022 Updated Apr 29, 2023 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A former Rocky Mount police officer admitted Friday to participating in the riot at the U.S. Capitol.kAmy24@3 uC24<6C A=62565 8F:=EJ :? (2D9:?8E@? s]r]’D 7656C2= 4@FCE E@ 2 492C86 @7 4@?DA:C:?8 E@ @3DECF4E 2 DA64:2= D6DD:@? @7 r@?8C6DD 96=5 y2?] e[ a_a`[ E@ 46CE:7J E96 6=64E:@? @7 !C6D:56?E y@6 q:56?]k^AmkAmw6 H:== 36 D6?E6?465 =2E6C 2?5 7246D FA E@ 7:G6 J62CD :? AC:D@?]k^AmkAmuC24<6C[ b_[ 925 366? D4965F=65 E@ 8@ @? EC:2= ?6IE >@?E9 H:E9 2 76==@H 7@C>6C A@=:46 @77:46C[ %9@>2D “%]y]” #@36CED@?] %96 EH@ 2C6 2>@?8 >@C6 E92? ffd DFAA@CE6CD @7 7@C>6C !C6D:56?E s@?2=5 %CF>A 492C865 :? 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Trial to begin for ex-Rocky Mount police officer charged in U.S. Capitol riots Thomas "T.J." Robertson will face a jury Monday on charges of participating in the insurrection.
Probation recommended for ex-Rocky Mount police officer in U.S. Capitol riots case Jacob Fracker's testimony against his colleague, who played a larger role in the insurrection, was cited by federal prosecutors.
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