Kenneth Joseph Owen Thomas biography: 13 things about US Capitol riot suspect from East Liverpool, Ohio

Kenneth Joseph Owen Thomas is a white man from Ohio, United States who also goes by Pi Annon. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He lives in East Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio. He has lived in other parts of Ohio including Youngstown and Salem. (a) (b)
2. He previously lived in West Virginia, USA, particularly in New Cumberland, Weirton and Chester. (b)
3. In 2000, he graduated from Oak Glen High School in New Cumberland. (a)
4. From 2004 to 2007, he was a licensed groomer at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort in New Cumberland. (a)
5. He owns Crash Entertainment, which was launched in Weirton in September 2006. (a)
6. From 2009 to 2013, he studied anthropology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. (a)
7. From 2014 to 2016, he was a Mortgage Connect closer. (a)
8. From March 2018 to February 2019, he was a meter installer and trainer at Aclara Smart Grid Solutions in Columbus, Ohio. (a)
9. Wearing a Veteran for Trump camouflage baseball cap, glasses and a tan jacket over a camouflage hoodie sweatshirt, he went to the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., USA on January 6, 2021. That day, Donald Trump supporters breached the building while a joint session of Congress was certifying the vote of the Electoral College and affirming Joe Biden‘s victory in the 2020 presidential election. He was caught on camera pushing against police officers and punching and striking officers with his fist and forearm. (c)
10. A Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent filed a criminal complaint against him, which was signed by U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui on May 25, 2021. (c)
11. On May 26, 2021, he was arrested in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, USA. He made his initial court appearance in the Northern District of Alabama and posted a $10,000 bond. (d)
12. For his participation in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, he was charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers or employees, obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder, knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or on restricted grounds, engaging in physical violence in restricted building or on restricted ground and engaging in physical violence on U.S. Capitol grounds. (d)
13. He was 38 years old when he was arrested on May 26, 2021. (d)

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(This is a developing story. More details are being added.)

SOURCES:

• a. Kenneth Joseph Owen Thomas
• b. Whitepages
• c. U.S. Department of Justice
• d. U.S. Department of Justice
• e. WHNT

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