A Pennsylvania man with ties to Bucks County was arrested Friday for his alleged role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, federal prosecutors said.Leonard P. Ridge 4th allegedly posted several videos on Snapchat of his participation. He also exchanged messages with several other users on the social-media platform boasting of his involvement, according to the FBI. One of his postings read: “I have video of me fighting riot police in the capital [sic] building.”Many of his posts were filled with misspellings and grammatical errors.In another message, Ridge allegedly wrote that “we bro [sic] down McConnells door and nacy pelosios [sic] door and raided the offices.”“I just made history,” Ridge allegedly declared.According to the FBI, in one post Ridge shared a screenshot from news video showing security personnel inside the Capitol with guns drawn on a barricaded door.The image included the caption: “You deserve to live in fear.”The image was accompanied with a tweet from former President Donald Trump with the words altered to say: “I am the Senate. I am the living Constitution. My Power belongs to ME. I’m not leaving!!!”Prosecutors did not specify where Ridge lives in Pennsylvania or his age. A 2014 newspaper article reported that…
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Pa. man with ties to Bucks County charged in Jan. 6 Capitol attack
