Holiday Man Arrested After Accused Of Taking Part In Capitol Breach

HOLIDAY, FL — The FBI and Department of Justice is continuing to make arrests of those accused of participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach on the U.S. Capitol including the arrest of a Holiday man Thursday on felony and misdemeanor charges.

The Department of Justice said Ryan K. Yates, 37, was charged with civil disorder while joining others to disrupt a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to count the electoral votes of the 2020 presidential election.

In addition to the felony, Yates is charged with several misdemeanors, including entering or remaining in a restricted building, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a Capitol building, and demonstrating in a Capitol building.

Yates was arrested in Holiday and made his initial appearance Thursday in the Middle District of Florida.

According to court documents, law enforcement authorities determined that Yates illegally entered the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, and was among the crowd of rioters that day. Investigators produced photos of Yates at the National Mall, wearing a blue and burgundy hoodie and a camouflage baseball cap with orange lettering reading, “Make America Great Again.”

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The FBI said Yates entered the Capitol at about 2:17 p.m. through the Senate Wing door. Once inside, the FBI said Yates traveled down the Statuary Hall Connector to the House side of the building where he stood near a group of protesters, apparently typing on his phone, as they tried to break into the House floor. Yates also accessed the Capitol Rotunda and Crypt, said the FBI.

At about 3:20 p.m., Yates went to the interior Rotunda door, which connects the Rotunda to the east entrance of the Capitol. As rioters rushed from the outside to get into the Rotunda, Yates joined in the effort and made his way to the front of the rioters, said the FBI. Yates and the others then pushed against a police line to get inside the Rotunda before officers were able to close the doors. Surrounded by police inside the Rotunda, Yates was escorted out of the Capitol.

This case was investigated by the FBI’s Tampa and Washington field offices with assistance from the U.S. Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department.

In the 32 months since Jan. 6, 2021, more than 1,100 people have been charged in nearly all 50 states for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol, including more than 396 people charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement.

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