NY Judge’s Son Pictured at Capitol Riot in Fur Pelts, Police Gear Is Arrested
A Brooklyn judge’s son, who was pictured at Wednesday’s attack on the U.S. Capitol wearing fur pelts and carrying police gear, was arrested by the FBI on Tuesday.
Aaron Mostofsky, the 34-year-old son of prominent Orthodox Jewish community figures and Kings County Supreme Court Judge Shlomo Mostofsky, was seen in multiple photos from the violent insurrection wearing the bizarre fur outfit and a bulletproof vest with “POLICE” emblazoned across it. He was carrying a wooden staff and a plastic riot shield with Capitol Police insignia.
Mostofsky has been charged with four offenses including felony theft of government property, knowingly entering or remaining in a restricting building without lawful authority and doing so with intent to impede government business, and disorderly conduct in the Capitol, according to a criminal complaint obtained by The Daily Beast. His defense lawyer, Jeffrey Schwartz, declined to comment.
A source with the knowledge of the case told The Daily Beast that Mostofsky was arrested early Tuesday at his brother’s house in Brooklyn. ABC7, CNN, and NBC first reported the arrest.
During his arraignment Tuesday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Sanket Bulsara ordered Mostofsky held on a $100,000 secured bond after prosecutors described his behavior as “a mob attack and a rampage on the U.S. Capitol.”
“The government is deeply troubled by the conduct of the defendant. Much of this is public,” Bulsara said Tuesday. While Mostofsky’s arraignment was in New York on Tuesday, the 34-year-old will eventually be extradited to Washington D.C.
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