Joseph Pavlik biography: 13 things about US Capitol riot suspect from Chicago, Illinois

Joseph Pavlik is a white man from Illinois, United States and Indiana, USA. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He is a resident of Chicago, Illinois and Leesburg, Indiana.
2. He is a member of B Squad, a subgroup of the Guardians of Freedom, a militia-style, Florida-based organization that adheres to the ideology of the Three Percenters.
3. From 2009 to 2015, his telephone number was listed on a roster of the militia group Oath Keepers.
4. On January 4, 2021, he used an email address associated with his wife to rent an eight-passenger sport utility vehicle from Enterprise Rent-a-Car in Oak Lawn, Illinois.
5. On January 5, 2021, he traveled to Washington, D.C., USA and stayed at the Hampton Inn Washington-Downtown-Convention Center in Washington, D.C. with other B Squad members.
6. Wearing a black quilted jacket, a blue hoodie, a neck gaiter, a black tactical vest, a black gas mask and a black helmet, 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.
7. On January 7, 2021, he wrote on Facebook, “I’m sorry Ben you are wrong. We were peaceful protestors.”
8. On July 15, 2022, Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia signed a warrant in the matter of the search of his Facebook account.
9. On August 22, 2022, Magistrate Judge Michael G. Gotsch Sr. of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana signed a warrant in the matter of the search of his residence in Leesburg.
10. On August 24, 2022, he was interviewed by investigators at his residence in Chicago. He told them he was at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
11. On October 18, 2022, investigators interviewed him again at his residence in Chicago. He told them that on January 6, 2021, he was escorted out of danger by two U.S. Capitol Police officers then he returned from the U.S. Capitol to his room at the Hampton Inn Washington-Downtown-Convention Center.
12. 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 January 20, 2023.
13. He was 65 years old when he was arrested on January 31, 2023. For his participation in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, he was charged with obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder, entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds and disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds.

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

If you have information about someone who participated in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, call 1-800-CALL-FBI or submit relevant photos and videos to the FBI.