Carmel man pleads guilty to role in Jan. 6 Capitol riots
Authorities say they found Chapman after he told someone on the popular dating app Bumble that he stormed the Capitol and made it all the way into Statuary Hall.
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Dec 18, 2021, 1:32 AM
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Carmel man pleaded guilty for his role in the Capitol riots last
January.
Robert
Chapman, of Carmel, admitted to parading, demonstrating or picketing in
a Capitol building, according to court documents.
Authorities
say they found Chapman after he told someone on the popular dating app Bumble
that he stormed the Capitol and made it all the way into Statuary Hall.
The
person he was chatting with took a screenshot and contacted the FBI.
Chapman
faces a maximum sentence of six months in prison and a fine of not more than
$5,000 when he is sentenced in April.
