10 MAY 6, 2021 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
Ridgewood man found guilty of making threats
to kill Democrats following Jan. 6 Capitol attack
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
EDAVENPORT@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@QNS
A court employee from
Queens was found
guilty of making
violent threats online to
assassinate Democratic officials
in the wake of the Jan.
6 attack on the U.S. Capitol,
federal prosecutors say.
Brendan Hunt, 37, was
arrested for his role in the
attack on Jan. 19. He was
found guilty of threatening
to murder members of
Congress.
Hunt, a full-time employee
of the New York State Office
of Court Administration
and part-time actor/filmmaker,
was arrested after he
posted a video entitled “Kill
Your Senators” online on
the website BitChute, which
is said to be popular among
far-right conservatives on
Jan. 8.
“We need to go back to the
U.S. Capitol when all of the
Senators and a lot of the
Representatives are back
there, and this time we have
to show up with our guns,”
Hunt purportedly said, calling
on viewers to “slaughter
these motherf—ers” around
“the inauguration of” Biden.
Hunt was arrested after a
tip was sent to the FBI. The
video was traced back to
Hunt’s phone and federal
agents found that the video
had been uploaded near
Hunt’s Ridgewood home.
According to federal offi -
cials, Hunt made comments on
Facebook and Parler making
Brendan Hunt is accused of making online threats to kill Democratic members of Congress before and after the Jan. 6,
2021 Capitol coup attempt, according to federal prosecutors. Photo via Xrayultra Studios
threats against House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority
Leader Charles Schumer and
Congresswoman Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez.
However, the jury found
that the two Facebook comments
and the Parler post
were true threats.
Hunt was one of several
New York City residents who
were arrested in connection
to the Capitol attack.Hunt is
set to be sentenced in June
2021, where he faces up to 10
years in prison.
104 PRECINCT BLOTTER
The 104th Precinct released
the following list of persons
arrested in recent police actions.
The charges are accusations,
and all individuals listed
in this blotter are presumed
innocent unt i l proven
guilty.
For questions about the names
listed in the blotter, contact the
104th Precinct at 718-386-3004.
April 27: (Ridgewood) Cornelio
Regalado, at Madison Street, for
criminal contempt, by P.O. Coronado.
(Ridgewood) Jose Santos, at
Greene and Seneca Avenues, for
assault, by Det. Moon. (Ridgewood)
Oscar Herredias, at Forest
and Myrtle Avenues, for aggravated
unlicensed operator, by Det.
Wright. (Maspeth) Michael Fox, at
54th Street, for aggravated harassment,
by P.O. Petito.
April 28: (Ridgewood) Benjamin
Rosario, at Seneca Avenue,
for criminal mischief, by Det.
Wright.
April 29: (Ridgewood) Brookes
Blalock, at 69th Avenue, for
criminal mischief, by Det. Wright.
(Middle Village) Gerardo Reyes-
Villanueva, at Dry Harbor Road,
for driving while under the influence,
by P.O. Hughes. (Ridgewood)
Angela Bandelt, at 69th Avenue, for
assault, by P.O. Bonilla.
May 1: (Ridgewood) Nelson
Sissalema, at Norman Street, for
strangulation, by P.O. Gomez.
(Ridgewood) Ana Chango-Lasluisa,
at Norman Street, for assault, by
P.O. Gomez. (Glendale) Jacqueline
Powell, at Cooper Avenue, for
grand larceny, by P.O. Daddario.
(Glendale) Victor Gonzalez, at
Myrtle Avenue, for criminal mischief,
by P.O. Johnson.
May 2: (Maspeth) Christopher
Goller, at Borden and Perry Avenues,
for aggravated unlicensed
operator, by P.O. Rosalez. (Maspeth)
Leeanna Patto, at 55th Road,
for criminal mischief, by P.O.
Fitzalbert. (Middle Village) Peter
Sarter, 68th Road, for criminal mischief,
by Det. Gerardi. (Ridgewood)
Juan Cancel, at Fairview Avenue
and Madison Street, for criminal
mischief, by P.O. Bonilla.
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