What to Know
- A former New Jersey corrections officer and her friend have been indicted for their alleged participation in the Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol.
- The federal indictment handed up in Washington, D.C. last week charged Marissa Suarez and Patricia Todisco with multiple counts including disorderly conduct, entering a restricted building and disrupting a session of Congress.
- Suarez was a correctional officer in Monmouth County but resigned after her arrest in January. Both women are free on bail and face an arraignment on Thursday.
A former New Jersey corrections officer and her friend have been indicted for their alleged participation in the Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol.
The federal indictment handed up in Washington, D.C. last week charged Marissa Suarez and Patricia Todisco with multiple counts including disorderly conduct, entering a restricted building and disrupting a session of Congress.
Todisco also was charged with illegally entering a room designated for a member of Congress. An FBI affidavit released in January alleged a photo showed Todisco in the office of Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon.
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Suarez was a correctional officer in Monmouth County but resigned after her arrest in January. Both women are free on bail and face an arraignment on Thursday.
Attorneys representing both women declined comment Tuesday.
According to the FBI affidavit, a friend of Suarez’s notified authorities after Suarez sent the friend numerous texts and videos from the Capitol breach, including one text with an attached video that read, “This is us going in.”
Security video footage also showed Suarez and Todisco inside the Senate wing of the Capitol, according to the affidavit.
