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Man gets jail for joining Capitol riot after Tinder date

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A Delaware business owner has been sentenced to 30 days of incarceration for storming the U.S. Capitol after seeing the riot erupt on a Tinder date’s television and taking an Uber ride to join the mob’s attack, court records show.

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Man gets jail for joining Capitol riot after Tinder date

(AP) — A Delaware business owner has been sentenced to 30 days of incarceration for storming the U.S. Capitol after seeing the riot erupt on a Tinder date's television and taking an Uber ride to join the mob's attack, court records show.U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan also on Friday ordered Jeffrey Schaefer to pay a $2,000 fine and $500 in restitution for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot in Washington.On the eve of then-President Don…

2 years ago·Chicago, United States

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Daily Mirror

Man watched Capitol Hill riot on Tinder's date television orders Uber to join in

"Committed Trump supporter" Jeffrey Schaefer, from Delaware, spent a night at a woman's house he just met on Tinder in northern Virgina when he saw the Capitol Hill riots on her television

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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HuffPost

'Committed' Trump Supporter Left Tinder Date's Home To Join Jan. 6 Riot

The man joined other rioters chanting in the U.S. Capitol and posted pictures of the riot on social media, prosecutors said.

2 years ago·United States

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New York Post

Man gets jail for joining Capitol riot after Tinder date

U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan also ordered Jeffrey Schaefer to pay a $2,000 fine and $500 in restitution for his participation in the riot. https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/case-multi-defendant/file/1481446/download

2 years ago·New York, United States

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Western Mass News

Man gets jail for joining Capitol riot after Tinder date

Prosecutors say he entered the Capitol though a broken window, joined other rioters in chanting and spent approximately 28 minutes inside the building.

2 years ago

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