NJ manhunt uses flashbang grenades, choppers, cash reward for Jan. 6 suspect

🚨 Gregory Yetman ran when the FBI went to his Helmetta home

🚨 A massive manhunt  failed to show any sign of the former military police officer

🚨 Yetman surrendered Friday morning

HELMETTA — The search for a wanted Jan. 6 suspect ended Friday morning with his surrender to police.

Gregory Yetman turned himself into police in Monroe Township Friday morning without incident, according to FBI spokeswoman Amy Thoreson. He will be held by the U.S. Marshal Service until Monday when he appears in court.

Thoreson said Yetman refused medical treatment and was unharmed when he surrendered.

"We want to thank the public for all the tips and calls we received," Thoreson said in a statement.

The FBI, which said it would remain staged at Yetman's home on Main Street until his arrest posted a $10,000 reward Thursday for information leading to his capture and disclosed the charges against Yetman for his role in the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Yetman ran Wednesday when agents went to his home with a search warrant, prompting a massive manhunt.

Jan. 6 crimes

Yetman is being charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding an officer; obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder; entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds; and acts of physical violence in the Capitol grounds or buildings.

Helicopters and flashbang grenades

Armed tactical teams searched a shed in Yetman's backyard and those of his neighbors, setting off loud flashbang grenades, according to NBC 4 New York.

Boxes were also removed from the home. Helicopters have circled overhead for two days and armored vehicles are parked in Yetman's driveway.

Anyone who may have information on Yetman's whereabouts is asked to contact the FBI Newark office at 973-792-3000.

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