The detective husband of a woman butted in the Capitol trouble declared divorce a month after the 6 January physical violence, records say.
Jennifer Marie Heinl was jailed today and charged with violent access, disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds and also various other felonies in connection with the pro-Trump riot.
The attack on the Capitol left 5 dead, including a law enforcement officer, as well as was focused on avoiding the certification of Joe Biden’s election in over the ex-president.
Heinl’s hubby, Mike Heinl, is a veteran authorities investigative in Shaler, Pennsylvania, as well as a member of the FBI’s fierce criminal offense task force in Pittsburgh.
The couple got wed in 2013 and also Allegheny County’s Department of Court Records reveal that he filed for separation on 19 February, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
Prosecutors state that Jennifer Heinl, 55, is connected to Kenneth Grayson of Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, who is likewise facing fees.
The FBI performed a government search warrant for Grayson’s Facebook account, where they uncovered messages with Ms Heinl in between 12 November 2020 and also 11 January 2021.
Detectives claim that in those messages they discussed traveling to Washington DC, rental automobiles and resorts.
Authorities state that Ms Heinl informed them she mosted likely to Washington DC on 5 January and returned on 6 January, which she just saw Mr Grayson in the city and also did not get in the US Capitol. However prosecutors state that photos reveal Ms Heinl and Mr Grayson standing together in the Capitol Rotunda, and also others positioned her in and around the building.
Ms Heinl was launched on a $10,000 bond complying with the hearing on Thursday.
Shaler police principal Sean Frank said that Mike Heinl has helped the division for 30 years and also had dissuaded his wife from mosting likely to Washington DC.
” He takes place to be married to her. Mike is not a subject of investigation,” stated Mr Frank.
” In truth, he asked her not to go. She obviously told him ‘I’m going to the rally.’ He had no suggestion it would be more than that.”
And he included: “She’s responsible for her actions. It’s unfavorable he’s coming to be the focal point of this examination.
” He’s really disappointed in the activities of his other half. He doesn’t blame the FBI. They have a job to do.”