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Below is an official statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida regarding the indictment and arrest of a Florida man allegedly involved with the Jan. 6, 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol Building.
A Florida man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges related to his conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.
Marcus Smith, 47, of Fleming Island, Florida, is charged in an indictment filed in the District of Columbia with a felony offense of destruction of property and aiding and abetting.
In addition to the felony, Smith is charged with several misdemeanor offenses, including entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, act of physical violence in the Capitol grounds or buildings, and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building.