21-year-old Pittsburgh man facing charges for role in Jan. 6 Capitol riots

PITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh man is facing charges for the role he played in the United States Capitol riots on Jan. 6, 2021.

According to the Department of Justice, 21-year-old Thomas Carey and four others communicated with one another ahead of the insurrection and illegally entered the Capitol as a group around 2:16 p.m.

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The group moved through multiple areas of the building, including levels, corridors and rooms. Among the rooms was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office and conference room.

Officials said the group left the Capitol after around 35 minutes. They moved to the north end of the building where they saw the breach of the North Door.

Carey and three of the other people in his group are facing misdemeanor charges. The fifth person, 23-year-old Joseph Brody from Virginia, is charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding law enforcement officers, causing bodily injury, interfering with a law enforcement officer during a civil disorder, and obstruction of an official proceeding, all felony offenses.

Carey was arrested on Sept. 15, officials said.

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Officials said 870 people have been arrested in nearly all 50 states for their roles in the Capitol breach, including over 265 people charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement.

The investigation remains ongoing.

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