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Eric Munchel

FBI Arrests Continue In Tennessee For January Storming Of The U.S. Capitol

Samantha Max

March 8, 2021

Federal law enforcement officials have charged nine people in Tennessee in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Capitol Invasion, Eric Munchel, FBI, U.S. Capitol

Nashville Man Who Stormed Capitol Might Not Remain In Jail Until Trial

Samantha Max

January 22, 2021

A Nashville man may be released from jail before his trial for federal charges related to the storming of the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. A Tennessee judge decided Eric Munchel does not pose a threat to the community and is likely to attend his court hearings. But a federal judge in D.C. overruled his […]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice Tagged With: Capitol Invasion, Eric Munchel

FBI Arrests 4 More Tennesseans In Storming Of U.S. Capitol; Protest At Tennessee Capitol Fails To Materialize

Samantha Max, Tony GonzalezandWPLN Staff

January 17, 2021

Bledsoe Griffith Capitol

Federal agents have charged four more Tennesseans linked to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics Tagged With: Capitol Invasion, Eric Munchel, FBI, U.S. Capitol

How Federal Agents Tracked Down Tennessee’s ‘Zip Tie Guy’

Blake Farmer

January 11, 2021

A gallery of online images of a man believed to be Eric Munchel.

Federal prosecutors have released an affidavit outlining how they identified 30-year-old Eric Munchel of Nashville as a participant in the mob storming of the U.S. Capitol last week. He was arrested Sunday by federal agents and charged with unlawfully entering the building and disrupting Congress.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Capitol Invasion, Eric Munchel, FBI

Nashville Man Photographed With Zip Ties In Capitol Invasion Arrested On Federal Charge

Blake Farmer

January 10, 2021

FBI

FBI agents arrested a man in Nashville on Sunday for helping lead the mob that invaded the U.S. Capitol last week. Eric Gavelek Munchel, 30, is charged with unlawful entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, according to a statement from the U.S. Justice Department.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Capitol Invasion, Eric Munchel, U.S. Capitol

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