Gregory Yetman, a suspect in the January 6 attack on the Capitol, surrendered to authorities Friday morning following a major police manhunt.
Yetman, 47, handed himself over to Monroe Township Police without incident, authorities say. The FBI had issued a $10,000 reward for information that would lead to his arrest Thursday after the New Jersey man ran from federal agents trying to detain him earlier in the week.
A federal arrest warrant was issued for Yetman on Nov. 6 accusing him of multiple offenses in connection with the 2021 Capitol riots. The charges include assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers, obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder, and engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds.
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He is now likely to make an initial court appearance on Monday in Newark, New Jersey.
A poster shared by the FBI as they searched for Yetman.
FBIFBI agents had initially tried to arrest Yetman at his home in Helmetta, a small New Jersey town, on Wednesday. Helmetta Mayor Christopher Slavicek told The New York Times that Yetman “fled and went off into the woods” when law enforcement showed up, and that the town was gripped by “a sense of heightened anxiety” while the manhunt was underway.
Multiple agencies joined the effort to find Yetman, with reports of tactical teams searching backyards and setting off flashbang grenades. Police K-9s, SWAT teams, and armored trucks were also sighted in Helmetta on Thursday morning.
The details of how Yetman ultimately surrendered to law enforcement have not yet been disclosed. Monroe Township is less than three miles away from Helmetta.
At the time of the Capitol attack, Yetman was a military police sergeant in the New Jersey Army National Guard, a spokesperson confirmed to ABC News, adding that he was honorably discharged in March 2022 after serving 12 years.
According to military records cited by NJ.com, Yetman deployed to Afghanistan between September 2012 and May 2013, and to Guantanamo Bay from June 2015 and March 2016.
Earlier this year, Yetman was identified by a USA Today investigation about people whose photographs were on the FBI’s “Wanted” list in connection with the Capitol riot. The investigation said Yetman was suspected of pepper-spraying protesters and cops. Yetman told the outlet that he was at the Capitol on Jan. 6 and that he was interviewed by the FBI the same month, but he denied pepper-spraying anyone and said he hadn’t done anything wrong.
“Everything’s been resolved, everything’s good,” he said at the time.
Around 1,200 people have been charged with federal crimes in relation to the attack on the Capitol, more than 800 of whom have either pleaded guilty or been convicted by a jury.
