WASHINGTON — FBI officials have arrested a man suspected of placing pipe bombs in Washington, D.C., before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

The man has been identified as Brian Cole, of suburban Woodbridge, Virginia. The Department of Justice is slated to announce the arrest on Thursday afternoon.

Calls to relatives of Cole listed in public records were not immediately returned on Thursday. Hours after Cole was taken into custody, unmarked law enforcement vehicles lined the cul-de-sac where Cole’s home is while FBI agents helped shoo away onlookers. Authorities were seen entering the house and examining the trunk of a car nearby.

Cole's arrest on Thursday marks the first time investigators have settled on a suspect in an act that had long vexed law enforcement, spawned

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