The Hitler-mustached Army reservist who worked security for a Navy contractor at a Jersey Shore weapons base—where many coworkers knew he espoused white supremacist beliefs—will remain jailed pending trial following his arrest for actions at the Capitol riot, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. 

Judge Trevor N. McFadden based his decision in part on a history of complaints against Hale-Cusanelli for anti-Semitic social media threats targeted at Orthodox Jews in Lakewood, New Jersey. Hale-Cusanelli was well known to local authorities, with a criminal history dating back more than a decade that included a 2010 arrest for shooting frozen corn at houses in Howell, NJ, using a make-shift gun bearing the words “WHITE IS RIGHT.” 

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