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Gary Edwards, of Pennsylvania, was sentenced to a year of probation in the January 6 Capitol riot.
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He was arrested earlier this year after his wife made Facebook posts about his participation.
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His wife said at his sentencing that she never “dreamed” a Facebook post would be used against him, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
A woman whose bragging Facebook posts led to her husband’s arrest for participating in the January 6 Capitol riot said at his sentencing on Monday that she never expected her social media comments would be used against him.
Gary Edwards, of Churchville, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to a year of probation on Monday and ordered to pay a $2,500 fine and $500 in restitution for his role in the insurrection, according to court filings seen by Insider.
At Edwards’ sentencing, his wife, Lyn Edwards, told a judge that she was “express[ing] off the cuff” when she wrote about her husband’s experience inside the Capitol in now-deleted Facebook posts to friends, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
“Never in my life could I have dreamed that something I posted on Facebook would be used against my husband, would lead him to be arrested,” she said in court, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
According to the FBI, Lyn Edwards’ first Facebook post about the riot started out with: “Okay ladies let me tell you what happened as my husband was there inside the Capitol Rotunda.”
She went on to say her husband chatted with police, walked around carrying flags, and witnessed people singing the national anthem.
“These were people who watched their rights being taken away, their votes stolen from them, their state officials violating the constitutions of their country, and people who are not being given the opportunity to be able to have evidence shown,” she said in one post, according to the FBI.
Screenshots of her Facebook posts were later sent to the FBI by an anonymous tipster, the FBI said.
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Source : yahoo
