Richard “Ricky” M. Markey Jr. is an American man from Wolcott, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. He is Richard Markey Sr. and Donna Markey‘s son.
Aside from Wolcott, Ricky has lived in other parts of Connecticut including Thomaston. He has lived in different parts of Maine, USA including Yarmouth, South Portland and Canaan.
Ricky graduated from Thomaston High School in Thomaston. Here are 13 more things about him:
He served two years in the U.S. Coast Guard.
In December 2008, he and Meghan Sickles got engaged. She is Brian Sickles and Beth Sickles‘ daughter.
On January 9, 2009, he and Meghan got married.
In 2018, he applied for a U.S. passport.
On January 6, 2021, he went to the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., USA. 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. During the riot, he allegedly hit police with a baton and a wooden pole.
On March 9, 2021, the Federal Bureau of Investigation included him in its Seeking Information list.
On August 17, 2021, an anonymous tipster informed the FBI about his identity.
On November 1, 2021, law enforcement obtained records from the Connecticut Department of Labor, which confirmed that he has been employed by a certain company since at least March 2017.
On March 12, 2022, he used Meghan’s email address to write a letter to the Joint Committee on Judiciary of Connecticut General Assembly, which started with, “There are so many reasons why I oppose Senate Bill 16, An Act Addressing Gun Violence and Juvenile Crime.”
On January 19, 2023, law enforcement conducted a voluntary interview with an individual at the company where he worked. The individual said he had been an employee there since 2007.
On July 12, 2023, U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui signed a criminal complaint filed by an FBI special agent against him.
On July 17, 2023, he was arrested in Wolcott. For his participation in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, he was charged with assaulting a federal officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon; obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder; entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly or disruptive conduct in a U.S. Capitol building or grounds; obstructing or impeding passage within or through a U.S. Capitol building or grounds, and violent conduct in a U.S. Capitol building or grounds. He appeared in court in Hartford, Connecticut before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert Spector and was released on a $100,000 bond.
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.
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