Self-Proclaimed 'Sandwich Nazi' Busted by His Ex-Employees as Capitol Rioter

[DonViejo]

The FBI went looking for a man connected to attacks on Capitol cops, including Officer Brian Sicknick, who later died. A former ‘Sandwich U.’ worker knew just the guy.


Jose Pagliery
Political Investigations Reporter

Published Mar. 31, 2021 4:53AM ET

Just down the street from West Virginia University in the city of Morgantown, sandwich shop owner George Pierre Tanios had a terrible reputation. Ex-employees say he’d berate employees in public and physically fight customers. Online reviews show he’d even shove Trump propaganda in your face.

So it was no surprise to Cory Denkert, a former employee, when he checked Facebook one day and saw a selfie Tanios took during the insurrection on Jan. 6—one that law enforcement later determined was taken at the U.S. Capitol Building. It matched an /view" target="_blank">FBI flyer of Photograph #254, a MAGA hat-wearing bearded guy wanted for assaulting a federal officer, including one Capitol Police officer who died. Tanios was even wearing a hoodie with his shop’s name emblazoned on the chest, “Sandwich U.”

“I was laughing,” Denkert told The Daily Beast. “This is exactly what George would do. He’s always been angry, trying to start fights with people. It doesn't matter how wrong he is, he's going to be outspoken, in somebody's face, trying to start something.”

Denkert sent Tanios’ selfie to the FBI with a curt message: Hey, I know this guy. This is George Pierre Tanios. It was taken off of his Facebook.

After a few weeks, Denkert received an afternoon phone call while driving home from work. The FBI special agent wanted to be sure this was Tanios. Was there someone else who’d seen him recently? Denkert connected him with a Morgantown businessman whose partnership with Tanios had fallen apart.

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[tanyev]

1. The article makes me wonder if his real business was money laundering.

Not that the article mentioned it, but constantly antagonizing your customers is not a successful business model.

[PatSeg]

2. Yeah, hard to believe he could stay in business

with that kind of customer service. Retail and food service are highly competitive businesses. Treating your customers like crap doesn't generally pay off.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. Lock him up