Overview
- Metro Transit Police say an active arrest warrant targets Bryan Betancur for assault and battery aboard a Silver Line train serving Clarendon on Sunday evening.
- The department confirmed it is investigating reports tied to circulating videos and urged tips via 202-962-2121 or text MYMTPD (696873).
- Videos posted online show a man, identified in reports as Betancur, recording himself touching or stroking women’s hair on Metro trains.
- Betancur is a convicted Jan. 6 participant who wore a Proud Boys shirt near the Capitol, served several months in custody, and was pardoned by President Donald Trump in 2025; investigators have said he was not formally affiliated with the group.
- A federal affidavit describes him as a self-professed white supremacist who voiced homicidal ideation and researched mass shootings, and court records show 2024 contempt convictions for violating an anti-stalking order with probation and GPS monitoring imposed.