A third member of the far-right Proud Boys group was arrested this week on conspiracy charges related to his role in the Jan. 6 riot on Capitol Hill.


The Justice Department announced Friday that it arrested Matthew Greene, 33, of Syracuse, N.Y., and that he made his first appearance in court Wednesday. The arrest comes months after two other New York Proud Boys members, Dominic Pezzola, 43, of Rochester and William Pepe, 31, of Beacon, were arrested on conspiracy charges.

In addition to other crimes, all three men are charged with conspiracy to obstruct, influence and impede an official proceeding and conspiracy to obstruct, influence, impede and interfere with law enforcement officers who were responding to the riot at the Capitol.

An indictment detailing the charges says that the three men conspired to travel together to Washington and purchased various communications supplies to coordinate their efforts. They also purposefully dressed in clothing to try to conceal their affiliation with the Proud Boys before they stormed the Capitol.

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