US EditionJan. 6 rioter nabbed in Bumble dating app sting pleads guilty to assaulting officers
- Andrew Taake pleaded guilty to a federal felony count for assaulting officers during the Capitol attack in 2020.
- Taake entered the Capitol grounds and used bear spray against law enforcement officers.
- A woman on the Bumble dating app helped identify Taake and get him to confess his actions.
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'I regret exactly nothing': Woman got Jan. 6 rioter to confess on dating app and reported him to FBI
Andrew Taake — a 32-year-old Texas man who attended the deadly January 6, 2021 riot at the US Capitol — recently pleaded guilty in a federal courtroom. His impending prison sentence is due to the efforts of an unnamed woman in Washington, DC.According to NBC News, the woman got the idea to pursue January 6 defendants on the dating app Bumble (known for its feature of only allowing female users to send the first message) after the FBI issued a ca…
Capitol Rioter Nabbed in Bumble Dating App Sting
“Nearly three years ago, a young professional in the nation’s capital was sitting in her apartment after the Jan. 6 attack and saw that the FBI was looking for help identifying the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol. So she opened up the Bumble dating app, changed her political beliefs to conservative and got to swiping,” NBC News reports. “The woman reached out to several Donald Trump supporters who the app showed were in the Washington, D.C.…
Houston man who bragged about Jan. 6 involvement on Bumble dating app pleads guilty
The 32-year-old was reportedly one of a few Jan. 6 participants who were taken down by using Bumble. The man, now with a felony on his record, used the app hours after the riot at the Capitol.
'I regret exactly nothing': Woman stands firm after nabbing Jan. 6 rioters on dating app
A woman responsible for the conviction of at least one Jan. 6 rioter said that she has no regrets. The woman was identified as "Witness I" in the FBI's affidavit against 35-year-old Andrew Taake, who pleaded guilty Wednesday "to assaulting law enforcement officers with a deadly and dangerous weapon, admitting that he used both bear spray and the metal whip to attack officers, during a hearing before U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols in Washingto…
Jan. 6 rioter caught in Bumble dating app sting pleads guilty
Andrew Taake has pleaded guilty to assaulting officers during the January 6 Capitol riot. NBC News' Ryan Reilly reports on how a user on Bumble was able to get information from those who participated in the riot on the dating app, like Taake, and turn them in to the FBI.
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