Former California police chief indicted on Capitol riot charges

Participants in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
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Alan Hostetter, a former chief of the police department in La Habra, California, has been indicted for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Hostetter was indicted with five other Californians: Russell Taylor, Erik Scott Warner, Felipe Antonio "Tony" Martinez, Derek Kinnison, and Ronald Mele. All of the men are charged with being in restricted areas of the Capitol, with Kinnison and Warner also charged with destroying evidence and Taylor charged with carrying a knife with a blade longer than 3 inches.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.