Jan. 6 Capitol rioter with history of stalking busted for pestering women on train

A convicted Jan. 6 rioter was arrested for assault after touching several women on public transit.

Bryan Betancur recorded videos of himself stroking the women's hair while riding Metro trains in suburban Washington, D.C., and police arrested him after the videos circulated on social media, reported WUSA-TV.

"Bryan Betancur has been in and out of jail for stalking and threatening women," posted journalist Amanda Moore, who says she's one of the women he has stalked. "He was wearing an ankle monitor when he stormed the US Capitol on January 6, which he had been given after he broke into a Baltimore County elementary school."

The 28-year-old Betancur, who spent four months in prison for taking part in the Capitol riot, was charged with assault and battery for his actions on the Silver Line train.

The Silver Spring man wore a Proud Boys shirt to the riot, although investigators said he was not affiliated with the right-wing militant group, and he later admitted to climbing Capitol scaffolding and helping to pass furniture out a congressional office window.

He was described in charging documents as a "self-professed white supremacist" who said he wanted to be a “lone-wolf killer," but he was among more than 1,500 rioters pardoned by President Donald Trump on Inauguration Day 2025.

Betancur violated an anti-stalking order in 2024 and sent back to jail for two months and sentenced to two years probation, so he appears to still be under those conditions.