Cupcake-swiping Jan. 6 rioter blew off medical supply job to join Capitol raid, got fired: Feds

Source: Law & Crime

Apr 26th, 2024, 2:49 pm


A Louisiana man who blew off work to go to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — when he was allegedly seen on video taking a box of chocolate cupcakes off a table during the riots — and later got fired has been arrested, authorities said.

Matthew Ryan Matulich, 34, faces misdemeanor charges of trespassing, disorderly conduct, and picketing in a Capitol building, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced in a news release.

The statement of facts outlines the allegations. In his red “Make America Great Again” baseball cap with “45” embroidered on the back, he was allegedly seen in video footage entering the Capitol building through the Senate Wing Door at 2:15 p.m. At 2:42 p.m., video footage shows Matulich marching with other rioters through a corridor on the third floor of the Senate side of the building, carrying an American flag on a flagpole, court documents said.

At 2:31 p.m., he’s seen taking a box of cupcakes off a table in a corridor on the House of Representatives side of the first floor of the Capitol building, according to the document. The FBI was led to Matulich on Sept. 29, 2021, after interviewing a person identified in court documents as Witness 1, who was also suspected of being at the Capitol on Jan. 6 with Matulich and wound up pleading guilty to trespassing charges, court documents said.

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