‘I did storm the Capitol,’ man tells match on dating app. Next, cops get him

A man has been left with criminal charges after his prospective match on a dating app turned him in to police after he boasted about invading the US Capitol on January 6.

The prospective date alerted the police after receiving a text message on Bumble from prospective match Robert Chapman, who said “I did storm the Capitol and made it all the way to Statuary Hall.”

ALSO READ | California’s legal battle over emission to finally end under President Biden: Report

The case against Chapman, who lives in the city of Yonkers in New York State, came together with the help of text messages on the Bumble app, Facebook posts, and video captured by police body cameras, according to an FBI criminal complaint.

Chapman, who also uses the last name Erick, is charged with violent entry and disorderly conduct at the Capitol, FBI agent Kenneth Kroll said in the complaint.

ALSO READ | 94 vs 1: US Senate clears anti-Asian hate crime bill

Kroll identified Chapman by comparing his dating app profile with the video footage taken by Capitol police body cameras when rioters stormed the building in a deadly attack on January 6.

Evidence in the case included Facebook photos of the accused man in Statuary Hall, in keeping with the boasting on Bumble.

Former US president Donald Trump has been accused of inciting the deadly January 6 insurrection.