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Virginia National Guard Cpl. Jacob Fracker (L), Army veteran Thomas Robertson (Department of Justice)
Two police officers charged for their respective roles in the January 6 riot at the US Capitol reportedly have military backgrounds. According to Military.com, one of the officers is still serving as a corporal in the National Guard. Thomas Robertson, an army vet, and Jacob Fracker, a Virginia National Guard infantryman and former marine, were arrested in Virginia on Wednesday. Fracker became the first person currently serving in the U.S. military to have been charged after the siege of the Capitol last week.
National Guardsman Is 1st Current Service Member to Be Arrested After Capitol Riot
Virginia National Guard Cpl. Jacob Fracker, left, and Army veteran Thomas Robertson, right, were arrested in Virginia on Wednesday in connection with the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol. Fracker, who previously served in the Marine Corps, and Robertson are members of the Rocky Mount Police Department. Photo via the Justice Department
14 Jan 2021
Two Virginia police officers charged in connection with the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol have military backgrounds with one still serving as a corporal in the National Guard.
Jacob Fracker, an infantryman with the Virginia National Guard who previously served as a Marine, and Thomas Robertson, an Army veteran, were arrested in Virginia on Wednesday.
ROCKY MOUNT â Cole Hanson was a high-achieving student before the COVID-19 pandemic led to shutdowns of Franklin County school buildings.
When he could go to school in person, he had a team of teachers who helped him excel despite a combination of autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and executive function challenges. Heâs failing now because heâs been unable to adjust to virtual learning, the 15-year-old Franklin County High School sophomore said.
The small protest he and his mother held at Mondayâs meeting of the Franklin County School Board illustrated how tensions persist over how far schools should reopen, even as the district stuck by a plan to have in-person instruction happening four days a week by Jan. 26 for households that prefer that option.