Fleming Island man charged with damaging door, disorderly conduct in J6 U.S. Capitol riot

Marcus Smith, 47, was arrested Friday in Fleming Island on a seven-count list of charges returned last week by a federal grand jury in Washington.

The U.S. Justice Department said in a release Monday that Smith faced a judge in Florida for his initial court appearance, although records in Jacksonville’s federal court don’t reflect that.

Smith’s indictment charged him with causing more than $1,000 damage to an interior door, a damage threshold that makes the charge a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

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The indictment also includes three charges — entering restricted grounds, disorderly conduct on restricted grounds and engaging in physical violence on those grounds — that could each result in up to a year behind bars, as well as three other misdemeanor charges.

The disruption happened on the day that Congress gathered to ratify President Joe Biden’s election victory over former President Donald Trump at a joint session presided over by then-Vice President Mike Pence.

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