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0t/09) Criminal

Complarnt

UNrrpo

Sreres

DIstRIcr

CouRr

for

the

District of

Columbia

United

States

of America

JOSEPH ANTHONY

CAPUTO

Case

No.

Code

Seclion

District

of

Col

bia

,

the

defendant(s)

violated:

Of/ense

Desuiption

18

U.S.C.

1752(a)(1)

Entering

or

Remaining in Resticted

Building

or Grounds

This criminal

complaint

is based

on these

facts:

on

or

about

November 26.

2015,

in the

Districl of

columbia, the

defendant,

JoSEPH

ANTHONY

CAPUTO,

did

knowingly

enter and

remain

in a restricted

building and

grounds,

that

is,

the

Vvhite

House

grounds,

without

lawtul

authority

lo do

so.

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on the attached

sheet.

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Flinn. Soecial

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Printed

nane

and

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Swom

to

before

me and signed

in my

presence

Date

11D7nOI5

Judge's

signature

City and state:

Washinqton

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Printed none and tirle

D.ledan(s)

CRIMINAL

COMPLAINT

I, the

complainant

in this

case,

state

that the

following

is true to

the best ofmy

knowledge

and belief.

on

or about

the date(s)

of

November26.2o15

inthecountyof

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inth.


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On

November

26,

2015,

Oflicer

Scott

Silvestro, United

States

Secret

Service,

was

posted

midway

along

the

North

Fence

Line

of

the

White

House

and

witnessed

an

individual,

later

identified

as

JoSEPH

ANTHONY

CAPUTO

('CAPUTO)

scaling

the

white

House fence

with

one leg

over the

fence

with

an

American

flag

adorned

around

him

like a cape. Officer

Silvestro

ran

rowards

CAPUTO

but

failed

to

reach

him

before

cAPUTo

made

it

over

the fence

and

dropped

onto

the

North

Lawn

ofthe

White House. Officer

Silvestro

called out

the incident

over

the

radio to

ale(

other

ollicers

ofthe

incident.

CAPUTO

ran

south

towards

the

White

House

while

members

of

the

Uniform

Division of

the

Secret

Service

ordered

him to stoP

and

get

on

the

ground'

CAPUTO

complied

with

these

orders

and

was

taken

into custody

on the

North

Lawn

ofthe

White

House.

On November

26,2015,

Lt.

Ken

Matthews,

United

States

Secret

Service,

responded on

the

inside ofthe

North

Fence

Line

and observed

CAPUTO

already

in the

act

of complying

with

the

verbal commands

of o{ficers

on the North

Lawn.

Lt.

Matthews

took custody

of CAPUTO

and

walked

him,

handcuffed,

to

the

public

side

of

the North

Fence Line

of

the White

House.

While

in custody,

CAPUTO

made spontaneous

utterances

lo

Lt.

Matthews,

stating,

l

lovc

my

country

and l knew I

would be

locked

up. Pursuant to

a

search

incident

to

arrest' officers

removed

several

items

from CAPUTO's

person,

including,

an

American Flag,

a

USB

flash

drive

in

the

form ofa

Captain

America shield,

a

pocket guide

to

the Constitution,

and

weightlifting

gloves.

On

November

26,

2015,

Special Agents

Derek McGuire

and

Joseph

Dobish,

United

States

Secret Service, conducted

an

interview

of

two

individuals

in

Virginia

who

know

CAPUTO

and

with

whom

CAPUTO

had stayed

since

Monday,

November 23,

201 5.

During

the

interview

the subjects

of

the

interview

provided

two

letters that

were left

at

their

residence

by

CAPUTO.

Review

of these

letters

revealed

that

one

was

a

suicide

note. The suicide

note

clearly

contemplated that CAPUTO

planned

to

die

on November

26, 2015 reading,

Death

is a

natural

part

of

life.

Rejoice

for

lhose

around

us who transform

into the Force. The

second

note

was intended

to

exonerate

the subjects

ofthe interview

from

any

actions ofCAPUTO'

STATEMEI{T

OF FACTS


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On

November

26,

2015, oflicers

interviewed

CAPUTO's

mother, at

her residence

in

connecticut.

During

the

interview

cAPUTO's

mother

provided

officers

with

a

Last

will and

Testament

prepared

by CAPUTO.

Oflicers

also heard

an audio

message

left by CAPUTO

in

which he

tells

his mothr

rhat something

will happen

and

cAPUTO

may

or

may not be

able to

see

her again.

Darren Flinn

Special

Agent, United

States

Secret Service

Sworn and subscribed

to

me before

this

day

of November

27,

20 1

5.

United

States Magistrate

Judge


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SUPERIOR

COURT

FOR

THE DISTRICT

OF COLUMBIA

UNITED

STATES

OF

ANIERICA,

CRIMINAL NO.

JOSEPH

ANTHONY

CAPUTO

Defendant.

OIt,DER

Upon consideration of the

govemment's

oral

motion,

and without

objection

from

the

defendant, the

motion

to

release the defendant

to the custody

ofthe

United

States Secret

Service

for

purposes

ol taking the

defendant to

the

Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program

(CPEP),

it is this 27th

day of

November, 2015,

ORDERED,

that the motion to

release

the defendant to the custody

of the

United States

Secret Service for

purposes

oftaking

the defendant

to

the Comprehensive

Psychiatric

Emergency

Program

(CPEP)

is hereby

GRANTED. The

defendant is

further

ordered

to

appear

before

a

Magistrate Judge

in

the United States District

Court for

the

District

of Columbia

on

Monday,

November

30,2015, at

l:45

p.m.

ERROL

R.

ARTHUR

MAGISTRATE

JUDGE

SUPERIOR

COURT

FOR THE

DISTzuCT

OF

COLUMBIA

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