Capitol riot arrests: See who's been charged across the U.S.
Federal prosecutors continue to charge participants in the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, adding to dozens of arrests that took place in Washington D.C. that day.
USA TODAY is gathering details of those cases as the FBI continues to identify the people responsible for the attack that left five people dead and sent lawmakers and Vice President Mike Pence fleeing to shelter.
Included are those arrested on charges federal prosecutors have filed since the riot, and those arrested by Capitol Police and D.C. Metro Police for entering the Capitol or for crimes related to weapons or violence. Check back for updates.
John Sullivan
- Age: 26
- Arrested on: 1/14/21
- Home state: Utah
Charges
Restricted building or grounds; Civil disorders; Violent entry or disorderly conduct
What happened
Sullivan entered the Capitol during the riot, telling the FBI later that he was an activist and journalist even though he had no press credentials. He filmed extensively in the building, following the crowd up to the point where Ashli Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran, was shot and killed by a Capitol Police officer at the entrance of the Speaker's Lobby. He gave the FBI a link to the YouTube account with the username JaydenX and shared a 50-minute video which the FBI confirmed he narrates at points.
According to court records, Sullivan encouraged the mob on and at times argued with officers to leave to avoid getting hurt. He says in the video, “There are so many people. Let’s go. This s--- is ours! F--- yeah,” according to the records.
Peter Harding
- Arrested on: 1/14/2021
- Home state: New York
Charges
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; Violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds
What happened
The FBI reviewed social media posts that showed Harding inside the Capitol and also trying to set fire to camera equipment outside of the Capitol. Two days after the riot, Harding admitted to both to the Buffalo News. "We took the rest of the media equipment that was there," he told the newspaper. "We put it into a pile. That was a symbolic gesture. Nothing burned."
Hunter Seefried
- Arrested on: 1/14/21
- Home state: Delaware
Charges
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; Violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds
What happened
Seefried entered the Capitol with his father, Kevin, through a broken window. Video on social media showed Hunter Seefried punching out glass in a window that had already been broken. During an interview with the FBI, Kevin Seefried said someone asked his son to help because he was wearing gloves.
Once inside, the men were part of a group that "verbally confronted" Capitol police officers. They were identified after one of Hunter Seefried's co-workers told the FBI the younger Seefried had been bragging about entering the Capitol with his father.
Kevin Seefried
- Arrested on: 1/14/21
- Home state: Delaware
Charges
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; Violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds
What happened
Seefried entered the Capitol with his son, Hunter, through a broken window. Kevin Seefriend carried a Conferderate flag through the halls of the Capitol. In an interview, he told the FBI the flag is usually displayed outside his home. While inside, the Seefrieds were part of a group that "verbally harassed" Capitol police officers, according to court records.
Seefried was identified after a co-worker of his son's reported to the FBI that Hunter Seefried had bragged about entering the Capitol with his father. In an interview, Kevin Seefried told the FBI that they had come to Washington to hear President Trump speak.
Jacob Fracker
- Arrested on: 1/13/21
- Home state: Virginia
Charges
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; Violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds
What happened
Off-duty police officers Jacob Fracker and Thomas Robertson posed under a statute of John Stark in the Capitol on Jan. 6, according to federal court records. They were charged for their role in the riots after the officers with the Rocky Mount (Va.) Police were identified in social media posts.
In a now-deleted Facebook post that was preserved as part of the charges against him, Fracker wrote, "Lol to anyone who’s possibly concerned about the picture of me going around... Sorry I hate freedom? …Not like I did anything illegal…y’all do what you feel you need to…”
Thomas Robertson
- Arrested on: 1/13/21
- Home state: Virginia
Charges
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; Violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds
What happened
Off-duty police officers Thomas Robertson and Jacob Fracker posed under a statute of John Stark in the Capitol on Jan. 6, according to federal court records. They were charged for their role in the riots after the officers with the Rocky Mount (Va.) Police were identified in social media posts.
Robertson defended the pair's decision to enter the building, writing on social media that he was "willing to put skin in the game."
Federal court records quoted his social media, with Robertson commenting on Instagram that, “CNN and the Left are just mad because we actually attacked the government who is the problem and not some random small business ... The right IN ONE DAY took the f***** U.S. Capitol. Keep poking us.”
Nicholas Rodean
- Age: 26
- Arrested on: 1/13/2021
- Home state: Maryland
Charges
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority to do, kowingly, and with intent to impede or disrupt the orderly conduct of governmnent business.
What happened
Along with a sweatshirt commemorating President Donald Trump’s 2017 inauguration, Nicolas Rodean also wore his company name badge when he was photographed inside the Capitol Wednesday. Rodean's employer fired him.
“After review of the photographic evidence, the employee in question has been terminated for cause,” Navistar Direct Marketing said in a Facebook statement. “While we support all employees’ right to peaceful, lawful exercise of free speech, any employee demonstrating dangerous conduct that endangers the health and safety of others will no longer have an employment opportunity with Navistar Direct Marketing.”
Klete Keller
- Age: 38
- Arrested on: 1/13/2021
- Home state: Colorado
Charges
Obstructing law enforcement engaged in official duties incident to civil disorder; Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.
What happened
Olympic gold-medal swimmer Klete Keller was arrested after being identified in video from the Capitol riot. At 6-foot-6, Keller is a five-time Olympic medalist and three-time Olympian. His height helped the FBI identify him after SwimSwam published a story confirming Keller was in footage shot by TownHall. Keller wore a jacket with a U.S. Olympic patch in the video.
Keller had been listed as a real estate agent at Hoff & Leigh in Colorado, which issued a statement the day before Keller's arrest that he had resigned.
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee responded to reports of Keller's presence at the Capitol before his arrest without naming him. CEO Sarah Hirshland said, "I strongly condemn the actions of the rioters at the U.S. Capitol. They do not represent the values of the United States of America or of Team USA."
Robert Keith Packer
- Age: 56
- Arrested on: 1/13/21
- Home state: Virginia
Charges
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and violent entry or disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.
What happened
The "Camp Auschwitz" shirt Robert K. Packer was photographed wearing at the Capitol riots ultimately helped lead to his identification and arrest. In an affidavit accompanying an arrest warrant, the FBI noted they received a tip because someone in the community recognized Packer and had seen him wearing the shirt in the past.
The complaint noted the shirt, with a human skull and the phrase "Work brings freedom" appears to be a symbol of Nazi hate ideology.
Kevin J. Lyons
- Arrested on: 1/13/2021
- Home state: Illinois
Charges
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; Violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds
What happened
Lyons posted a photo of a map to his Instagram on Jan. 5, saying: "I refuse to tell my children that I sat back and did nothing. I'm heading to DC to STOP THE STEAL!! #MAGA #KAG."
The arrest complaint states that he later posted a photo from the Capitol of a sign over the door to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office with a comment saying "WHOS HOUSE?!?!? OUR HOUSE!!"
Two days later, two FBI agents who interviewed Lyons at his home reported that he was evasive about whether he entered the Capitol, telling them he dreamed it and that in the dream, "people really didn't have much choice of where they were going because of the mob." When the agents asked to see his phone, he showed the officers the photo he posted on Instagram and agreed to upload two videos he recorded inside the Capitol to YouTube and email them the link. He eventually told the agents he had walked up the Capitol stairs and entered through its rear doors. He said he went into Pelosi's office where an armed police officer told him to get out.
Jenny Cudd
- Arrested on: 1/13/2021
- Home state: Texas
Charges
Restricted building or grounds; Violent entry or disorderly conduct
What happened
A former candidate for mayor in Midland, Texas, Jenny Cudd, wearing a Trump flag as a cape, posted a video saying: “We did break down Nancy Pelosi’s office door.”
“I’m proud of everything I was a part of today,” the florist shop owner stated in another video clip. “The government serves at the consent of the governed. Well, the governed are pissed off.”
The Midland Reporter Telegram reported that Cudd said she didn't do anything unlawful. The newspaper also reported Cudd said: “When (Vice President) Pence betrayed us is when we decided to storm the Capitol.”
According to court records, the FBI tracked Cudd and Eliel Rosa, whom she was later arrested with, as they walked through the Capitol rotunda on the day of the riot.
Eliel Rosa
- Arrested on: 1/13/2021
- Home state: Texas
Charges
Restricted building or grounds; Violent entry or disorderly conduct
What happened
Rosa was arrested with Jenny Cudd, who was photographed with him in the Capitol rotunda. Cudd, a former mayoral candidate in Midland, Texas, appeared in Facebook videos and in photos admitting to entering the Capitol. In a Facebook video, she said, "We did break down the Nancy Pelosi’s office door."
The FBI tracked Rosa and Cudd's movements in the rotunda using surveillance footage. In an interview with the FBI two days after the riot, Rosa admitted he and Cudd entered the Capitol.
Albert Ciarpelli
- Arrested on: 1/13/2021
- Home state: New York
Charges
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; Violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds
What happened
Albert Ciarpelli drove from Syracuse to Washington, D.C. to attend the rally. After the rally he joined the crowd walking toward the Capitol, according to his statements to FBI agents. When he got there, he said he found a small door to the right of the main entrance open and he walked in and began taking pictures.
Ciarpelli told agents he took his time inside the building sight-seeing, and considered it a "little adventure." After 15 minutes, he felt he shouldn't be there and decided to leave. He told the agents when he tried to leave he got caught up in a mob pushing its way into the building.
When thinking back to that day, agents said he stated he was out of his mind and had never done anything like that before. He told them that on Oct. 28, he bought flights to Washington to attend the inauguration with his wife and a family member, but recently cancelled them.
Robert Sanford
- Age: 55
- Arrested on: 1/13/21
- Home state: Pennsylvania
Charges
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; Disorderly or disruptive conduct on Capitol grounds; Civil disorder; Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers while engaged in the performance of official duties
What happened
After reviewing video footage and receiving a tip, the FBI identified Sanford as the man shown on video heaving a fire extinguisher from an elevated position on the Capitol steps toward a line of officers who were trying to hold back a mob of rioters. According to charging documents, the extinguisher ricocheted and hit three officers in the head, two of whom were wearing a helmet and one who was not.
The FBI received a tip from a friend of Sanford's who identified Sanford and said he had confessed that the FBI was looking for him, according to the documents. The friend told the agency Sanford recently retired from the Chester Fire Department.
Video taken that day captured Sanford wearing a knit cap with the letters “CFD” on the front, and the person who alerted the FBI confirmed it was Sanford. The tipster told the FBI Sanford said he was on the Capitol grounds that day.
Officials told the Wall Street Journal that the extinguisher Sanford is alleged to have thrown is different from the one that killed Officer Brian Sicknick.
Andrew Williams
- Arrested on: 1/12/2021
- Home state: Florida
Charges
Disorderly conduct
What happened
Andrew Williams, a firefighter and paramedic with the city of Sanford, Florida, was arrested Jan. 12 and charged with disorderly conduct in the Capitol riot.
After Williams was spotted in viral photos from the riot, the city opened an investigation the next day.
Orlando's WESH 2 NBC affiliate reported his attorney said: "The President and the Capitol Police encouraged despicable behavior."
Kevin D. Loftus
- Age: 52
- Arrested on: 1/12/2021
- Home state: Wisconsin
Charges
Unlawful entry; disorderly conduct
What happened
The Associated Press reported Loftus was charged with illegal entry and disorderly conduct on the grounds of the Capitol. Court documents stated Loftus posted on social media that he was "one of 700 inside" the Capitol.
Josiah Colt
- Arrested on: 1/12/2021
- Home state: Idaho
Charges
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; Violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds
What happened
CBS2 News, the affiliate in Boise, Idaho, reported Josiah Colt turned himself in at the Ada County Sheriff's Office on Jan. 12.
The FBI had posted a photo of him. In one photo, he’s clinging with one hand onto a ledge over the Latin inscription “Annuit coeptis,” which means “God has favored our undertakings.”
According to court records, the FBI confirmed Colt's identity in a phone interview with a relative.
Colt issued a statement apologizing, saying he loved America and its people. “I recognize my actions that have brought shame upon myself, my family, my friends, and my beautiful country. In the moment I thought I was doing the right thing."
William Watson
- Age: 23
- Arrested on: 1/12/2021
- Home state: Alabama
Charges
Bond revoked
What happened
The Associated Press reported that Watson was arrested in Alabama because he violated a previous bond when he traveled out of state. A CBS affiliate for eastern Alabama said authorities recognized Watson by the distinctive tattoos on his hand, and from photos of him wearing a tan or yelllow sweatshirt standing next to the man with the horned hat. The TV station reported federal authorities accompanied Auburn Police when they arrested Watson.
Thomas Baranyi
- Age: 29
- Arrested on: 1/12/21
- Home state: New Jersey
Charges
Restricted building or grounds; Violent entry or disorderly conduct
What happened
Baranyi identified himself in a WUSA-9 interview after the riot, telling a reporter that he was in the Capitol and near where a woman was shot. That woman was later identified as 35-year-old Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt.
According to court records, the FBI reviewed video clips the Washington Post published of that shooting and identified Baranyi by matching him to his drivers license and his clothing and backpack to the interview clip. The video showed Baranyi standing near the door to the Speaker's Lobby, where Babbitt was shot.
Court records note that in Baranyi's WUSA-9 interview, he said, "We tore through the scaffolding, through flash bangs and tear gas, and blitzed our way in through all the chambers just trying to get into Congress or whoever we could get in to and tell them that we need some kind of investigation into this.”
Aaron Mostofsky
- Arrested on: 1/11/2021
- Home state: New York
Charges
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; Knowingly, with intent to impede government business or official functions, engaging in disorderly conduct on Capitol Grounds; Unlawful entry and disorderly conduct
What happened
Mostofsky, whom the Gothamist identified as a Brooklyn native, appears in several photos inside the Capitol wearing a police vest over fur-looking pelts.
The Gothamist identified him as the son of a King County Supreme Court judge. Nachman Mostofsky, his brother, told the website, "My brother did nothing illegal. He definitely was not part of the riot."
He was arrested on federal charges in New York on Jan 11.
William Pepe
- Arrested on: 1/11/2021
- Home state: New York
Charges
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority
What happened
Photos from the riot showed Pepe in the Capitol holding his phone up, and the FBI confirmed his identity with New York's Metro Transit Authority, according to court records. Pepe works in the mechanical department there and took sick leave to travel to Washington .
Eric Gavelek Munchel
- Age: 30
- Arrested on: 1/10/2021
- Home state: Tennessee
Charges
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and one count of violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds
What happened
Munchel, 30, is allegedly the man in photos dressed in all-black, carrying zip ties as he stepped over a row of seats inside the Capitol. He was arrested on Jan 10. in Nashville. In a news release, federal authorities said he appeared to be carrying plastic restraints, an item in a holster on his right hip and a cell phone mounted on his chest with the camera facing outward. A story in the British newspaper, The Sunday Times, said Munchel traveled to D.C. with his mother and was interviewed there after the riot. The story quotes Munchel as saying: "We wanted to show that we’re willing to rise up, band together and fight if necessary. Same as our forefathers, who established this country in 1776."
Larry Rendell Brock Jr.
- Arrested on: 1/10/2021
- Home state: Texas
Charges
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds
What happened
Brock, a retired Air Force officer, was seen in photos in the Capitol wearing a green helmet, tactical vest and military patches. After he was identified in photos holding plastic zip-tie handcuffs, he gave an interview to The New Yorker. The story stated Brock said he had gone to D.C. to demonstrate peacefully after hearing the president ask his supporters to be there.
Derrick Evans
- Arrested on: 1/9/2021
- Home state: West Virginia
Charges
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; and one count of violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol Grounds
What happened
Evans was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates last fall, but resigned over the weekend after filming himself storming the Capitol.
Doug Jensen
- Arrested on: 1/9/2021
- Home state: Iowa
Charges
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; Disrupting the orderly conduct of government business; Violent entry and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building ; Parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building; Obstructing a law enforcement officer during a civil disorder
What happened
Wearing a QAnon shirt emblazoned with a bald eagle, Jensen was in numerous photographs and videos inside the Capitol. He told his family he was let in to the Capitol. He regularly posted about the QAnon conspiracy theory on his social media accounts. His employer, Forrest & Associate Masonry in Des Moines, fired him on Jan. 8.
Jacob Anthony Chansley
Jake Angeli- Arrested on: 1/9/2021
- Home state: Arizona
Charges
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, and with violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds
What happened
Most notable for his horned, fur hat and red, white and blue face paint in viral photos from the Capitol, authorities said Chansley, known as Jake Angeli, also carried a 6-foot spear with an American flag tied just below the top.
Chansely was familiar to many in his native Arizona for his appearances at rallies He told police he'd traveled to D.C. in a group of "patriots" at the president's request.
Adam Johnson
- Age: 36
- Arrested on: 1/8/2021
- Home state: Florida
Charges
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; one count of theft of government property; and one count of violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds
What happened
Photos from the riot show Adam Christian Johnson smiling under his Trump cap, casually holding a lectern under his arm.
By Saturday, Johnson, 36, had been arrested and was booked into the Pinellas County Jail in Florida on a warrant from the U.S. Marshal's office. Photos on his Facebook page, since deleted, show the Manatee County, Florida man descending into Washington D.C. for the rally. Johnson had misdemeanor drug arrests in 2004 and 2005 and was involved in a sealed domestic relations court case from 2010.
The registered Republican is a married father of five. They live in a six-bedroom, 4,000-square-foot, pool home in southwest Florida.
Nick Ochs
- Age: 34
- Arrested on: 1/8/2021
- Home state: Hawaii
Charges
Unlawful entry into restricted buildings or grounds
What happened
Ochs is a co-founder of the Hawaii Proud Boys. A U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran, he posted a photo of himself in the Capitol smoking a cigarette on Twitter Wednesday afternoon. He told CNN he did not break in, he just walked in.
Richard "Bigo" Barnett
Bigo- Age: 60
- Arrested on: 1/8/2021
- Home state: Arkansas
Charges
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful entry; violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds; and theft of public money, property, or records.
What happened
A photo of Barnett with his feet up on a staffer's desk inside the offices of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi quickly went viral.
He bragged on camera afterward that he had been escorted out but not arrested. A Trump supporter who attended a "Stop the Steal" rally in Northwest Arkansas in November, Barnett has a long history of financial woes, online records show.
Cleveland Meredith
- Arrested on: 1/7/2021
- Home state: Georgia
Charges
Making interstate threats to Speaker Nancy Pelosi
What happened
Cleveland Grover Meredith was charged with threatening Pelosi after driving to D.C. from Colorado. He missed the riot after experiencing troubles with his truck and trailer, according to an FBI arrest complaint. Meredith arrived Thursday and was later arrested at a Holiday Inn.
Officers found a Glock 19, a 9mm pistol, a Tavor X95 rifle and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in his truck and trailer.
In the complaint, the FBI said Meredith had texted a relative saying he was “thinking about heading over to Pelosi's (expletive) speech and putting a bullet in her noggin on Live TV,” with a purple devil emoji.
In a later text conversation about Pelosi, the complaint said, Meredith wrote, “Dead Bitch Walking. I predict that within 12 days, many in our country will die.”
But he added, "LOL, jus havin fun."
Bradley Rukstales
- Age: 52
- Arrested on: 1/6/2021
- Home state: Illinois
Charges
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; or knowingly, with intent to impede government business or official functions, engaging in disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds; and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds
What happened
The CEO of an Illinois company, Brad Rukstales was arrested by Capitol Police for taking part in the Capitol riots. Federal authorities then filed additional charges. He admitted to entering the Capitol building.
According to federal court records, he was part of a crowd that encountered Capitol Police on the upper level near the door to the House atrium. Police said he and five others in that crowd were arrested after they ignored orders to leave the building.
Federal prosecutors later added several charges. Campaign finance reports show Rukstales contributed more than $25,000 to Trump’s campaign and other GOP committees during the 2020 election cycle. Following the arrest, his employer, Cognesia, stated he was fired. "It was the single worst personal decision of my life,” Rukstales told CBS Chicago. “I have no excuse for my actions and wish that I could take them back."
Christopher Alberts
- Arrested on: 1/6/2021
- Home state: Maryland
Charges
Carrying a Pistol Without a License (Outside Home or Place of Business) 2015, Possessing a Firearm on Capitol Grounds, Curfew Violation, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device (and)
What happened
As Christopher Michael Alberts of Maryland was being escorted away from the Capitol on Wednesday, a Metro Police officer noticed a bulge on Alberts' hip, a complaint stated. A closer inspection revealed two separate holsters, one with a 9 mm weapon with a single round in the chamber and a fully loaded 12-round magazine and the other with a second fully loaded 12-round magazine. Alberts also was wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a backpack with a gas mask, pocketknife and an MRE.
Alberts told officers he was carrying the gun for personal protection and didn't intend to use it to harm anyone.
Cindy Fitchett
- Arrested on: 1/6/2021
- Home state: Virginia
Charges
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; or knowingly, with intent to impede government business or official functions, engaging in disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds; and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.
What happened
Fitchett entered the Capitol during the riots and was part of a crowd that encountered Capitol Police on the upper level near the door to the House atrium, according to federal court records. Capitol Police arrested Fitchett and five others after they ignored orders to leave the building.
David Blair
- Age: 26
- Arrested on: 1/6/2021
- Home state: Maryland
Charges
Assaulting a police officer
What happened
According to D.C. Superior Court records, Blair struck Metro Police officers who were holding the police line at the lower West terrace door of the Capitol with a "lacrosse type stick." MPD officers struck him with batons and Blair's head was injured when officers took him to the ground to arrest him. MPD called Capitol Police to make the arrest. According to court records, while Blair awaited an ambulance he told officers, "(I was) being an idiot, pumped up and didn’t move back. Accept everything. I’m sorry, I got hit four times, I had a knife in my bag because I was scared of ANTIFA jumping me on the way back.”
Douglas Sweet
- Arrested on: 1/6/2021
- Home state: Virginia
Charges
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; or knowingly, with intent to impede government business or official functions, engaging in disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds; and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds
What happened
Sweet entered the Capitol during the riots and was part of a crowd that encountered Capitol Police on the upper level near the door to the House atrium, according to federal court records. Capitol Police arrested Sweet and five others after they ignored orders to leave the building.
Sweet told Virginia television station WTKR that the Capitol had already been breached by the time he arrived and that he walked in. He said he and others “surrendered immediately.”
Sweet told WTKR that he believed Trump’s claims that the election was stolen. No widespread election fraud has been found, and courts around the country have rejected Trump’s claims in dozens of cases.
"Trump asked all the patriots to show up, so I did," Sweet told WKTR.
“I was hoping to go in and talk to the Senate and the House and actually speak,” Sweet added. “First of all, you're not going to get in there unless you walk right in.”
Grant Moore
- Arrested on: 1/6/2021
- Home state: Georgia
Charges
Carrying a pistol without a license and unregistered ammunition
What happened
Capitol Police found Moore parked in his white Ford Econoline 150 van near the Capitol, and Moore admitted to having a gun in his backpack on the front passenger seat.
Officers found a Ruger pistol in a holster, according to D.C. Superior Court records. The gun was loaded with six rounds, and officers recovered three more six-round magazines along with 12 loose rounds.
Joshua Pruitt
- Age: 39
- Arrested on: 1/6/2021
- Home state: DC
Charges
Riot Act - Felony, curfew violation, unlawful entry, knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority
What happened
Joshua Pruitt, 39, appears twice among arrest records of the Metro Police for violating the Riot Act, unlawful entry and curfew violations. A day after the riot, the U.S. attorney charged a man with the same name with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority.
A man with the same name, who lives in D.C., took the Proud Boys oath in a video posted to Twitter in mid-November during a gathering of Trump supporters. However, a few days later, in a Facebook comment, that man denounced the group. Attempts to reach Pruitt were unsuccessful.
Lonnie Leroy Coffman
- Arrested on: 1/6/2021
- Home state: Alabama
Charges
Possession of an unregistered firearm (destructive device) and carrying a pistol without a license.
What happened
When authorities found Coffman's truck near the Capitol, they reported finding 11 Molotov cocktails -- Mason jars filled with flammable liquids -- in addition to guns and ammunition.
Mark Leffingwell
- Arrested on: 1/6/2021
- Home state: No fixed address
Charges
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; assault on a federal law enforcement officer; and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds
What happened
Leffingwell is accused of entering the Senate side of the Capitol. When police stopped him, the complaint says, he struck an officer in the helmet and chest.
Matthew Council
- Arrested on: 1/6/2021
- Home state: Florida
Charges
Unlawful entry
What happened
Authorities accuse Council of unlawfully entering the Capitol building. When police stopped him, the complaint says, he pushed an officer.
Michael Curzio
- Age: 35
- Arrested on: 1/6/2021
- Home state: Florida
Charges
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; or knowingly, with intent to impede government business or official functions, engaging in disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds; and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds
What happened
Michael Curzio was among the rioters arrested by U.S. Capitol Police for unlawful entry. It was not the Florida man’s first brush with law enforcement.
Curzio, 35, was released from prison in February 2019 following an eight-year sentence for attempted first-degree murder, according to records from the Florida Department of Corrections.
Terry Brown
- Arrested on: 1/6/2021
- Home state: Pennsylvania
Charges
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; or knowingly, with intent to impede government business or official functions, engaging in disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds; and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds
What happened
Brown entered the Capitol during the riots and was part of a crowd that encountered Capitol Police on the upper level near the door to the House atrium, according to federal court records. Capitol Police arrested Brown and five others after they ignored orders to leave the building.
Thomas Gallagher
- Arrested on: 1/6/2021
- Home state: New Hampshire
Charges
Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful entry; or knowingly, with intent to impede government business or official functions, engaging in disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds
What happened
Gallagher entered the Capitol during the riots and was part of a crowd that encountered Capitol Police on the upper level near the door to the House atrium, according to federal court records. Capitol Police arrested Gallagher and five others after they ignored orders to leave the building.
Hunter A. Ehmke
- Arrested on: 1/6/2021
- Home state: California
Charges
Damaging or destroying government property; Obstruction of an official proceeding; Violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds
What happened
An officer outside the Capitol rotunda door observed Ehmke strike and break a window while standing on a ledge as a mob of people approached, according to court records. Using his shield, the officer knocked Ehmke off the ledge and other officers handcuffed him. They took his name, photo and driver's license but were overwhelmed by the throng of people, including one who said, “You’re not leaving with him." The officers released Ehmke but kept his license. He was charged Jan. 11.
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