LAKE MARY, Fla. - A self-described organizer of the far-right nationalist group the Proud Boys was arrested in Florida on Wednesday for alleged ties to the riot at the U.S.
Capitol earlier this month.Joseph Randall Biggs, 37, of Ormond Beach, is accused of corruptly obstructing an official proceeding before Congress, knowingly entering a restricted building without lawful authority, and engaging in disorderly or disruptive conduct with the intent to impede, disrupt, or disturb the orderly conduct of a session of Congress."Beginning as early as December 2020, public communications from Proud Boys organizers, including BIGGS, encouraged members of the Proud Boys to attend the January 6, 2021, demonstration in Washington, D.C.," read an.