Sullivan Woman Charged In Riot At US Capitol

A Sullivan woman has been charged for her part in last week's riot at the United States Capitol building.

Tipsters informed the FBI that Emily Hernandez can be seen in pictures holding a broken sign belonging to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Charging documents say that Hernandez allegedly sent pictures and videos of herself in the Capitol via Snapchat.

Hernandez has been charged in US District Court in Washington for knowingly entering a restricted building without lawful authority and knowingly and engaging in disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building with the intent to impede or disrupt the orderly conduct of government.

According to court documents, three individuals submitted tips to the FBI based on a widely-circulated video by ITV News, a television news network based in the United Kingdom.

The screenshot showed a large group of individuals streaming in and out of a room in the Capitol building with a curved entryway and wooden sign above the doorway stating "Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi." 

At approximately the 2:47 mark, a female with brown hair, round sunglasses and a white and gray winter hat, appears to be standing near the same office with the curved entryway. The sign was not there. The person -- allegedly Hernandez -- appears to hold up a broken engraved piece of wood and a white manila envelope. The fractured wood appeared to be a piece of the same wooden sign previously seen above the Speaker's office.

Tipster 1 submitted a photograph taken from Hernandez's Facebook page to the FBI. It appears to depict Hernandez wearing the same hat worn by the person inside and outside the Capitol.

Tipster 2 submitted an online tip to the FBI containing a video depicting what appears to be Hernandez wearing the same hat and sunglasses with the dome of the Capitol building rotunda above her.

Hernandez allegedly posted videos of herself in the Capitol in possession of a fractured piece of wood and a red sign. The tipster is one of Hernandez's Snapchat friends.

Additional photographs submitted to the FBI allegedly show Hernandez outside of the Capitol building displaying the same fractured sign.

The FBI conducted research on government databases and learned there was an individual named Emily Hernandez associated with a residence in Sullivan. A search of the Missouri Department of Motor Vehicles returned her photograph. 

On Jan. 14, the FBI consulted with the House of Representatives' curator to determine the value of the Speaker's nameplate, estimated at $870.