Northern Michigan man charged for role in Capitol riot
Northern Michigan man charged for role in Capitol riot
Michigan gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelly kisses his wife Tabitha Kelly after leaving the U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids, Mich., with his family and supporters on Thursday, June 9, 2022. Kelley has been charged with four misdemeanors from his involvement with the riot at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021. (Daniel Shular/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)
Michigan gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelly leaves the U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids, Mich., with his family and supporters on Thursday, June 9, 2022. Kelley has been charged with four misdemeanors from his involvement with the riot at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021. (Daniel Shular/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)
Michigan gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelly exits the U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids, Mich., with his family and supporters on Thursday, June 9, 2022. Kelley has been charged with four misdemeanors from his involvement with the riot at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021. (Daniel Shular/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)
Michigan gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelly gives a thumbs up to supporters as he leaves the parking lot of the U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids, Mich., with his family and supporters on Thursday, June 9, 2022. Kelley has been charged with four misdemeanors from his involvement with the riot at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021. (Daniel Shular/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)
Ryan Kelley, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, speaks to conservative activists that are demanding another investigation into former President Donald Trump’s loss during a rally on Feb. 8, 2022 outside the Michigan Capitol in Lansing, Mich. Kelley, one of five Republican candidates for Michigan governor, was charged with a misdemeanor Thursday, June 9, 2022, for his role in the 2021 postelection riot at the U.S. Capitol. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)
Ryan Kelley, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, attends a rally with conservative activists that are demanding another investigation into former President Donald Trump’s loss on Feb. 8, 2022 outside the Michigan Capitol in Lansing, Mich. Kelley, one of five Republican candidates for Michigan governor, was charged with a misdemeanor Thursday, June 9, 2022, for his role in the 2021 postelection riot at the U.S. Capitol. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)
Ryan Kelley, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, speaks to conservative activists that are demanding another investigation into former President Donald Trump’s loss during a rally on Feb. 8, 2022 outside the Michigan Capitol in Lansing, Mich. Kelley, one of five Republican candidates for Michigan governor, was charged with a misdemeanor Thursday, June 9, 2022, for his role in the 2021 postelection riot at the U.S. Capitol. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)
Michigan gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelly kisses his wife Tabitha Kelly after leaving the U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids, Mich., with his family and supporters on Thursday, June 9, 2022. Kelley has been charged with four misdemeanors from his involvement with the riot at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021. (Daniel Shular/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)
Michigan gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelly kisses his wife Tabitha Kelly after leaving the U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids, Mich., with his family and supporters on Thursday, June 9, 2022. Kelley has been charged with four misdemeanors from his involvement with the riot at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021. (Daniel Shular/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)
Michigan gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelly leaves the U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids, Mich., with his family and supporters on Thursday, June 9, 2022. Kelley has been charged with four misdemeanors from his involvement with the riot at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021. (Daniel Shular/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)
Michigan gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelly leaves the U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids, Mich., with his family and supporters on Thursday, June 9, 2022. Kelley has been charged with four misdemeanors from his involvement with the riot at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021. (Daniel Shular/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)
Michigan gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelly exits the U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids, Mich., with his family and supporters on Thursday, June 9, 2022. Kelley has been charged with four misdemeanors from his involvement with the riot at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021. (Daniel Shular/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)
Michigan gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelly exits the U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids, Mich., with his family and supporters on Thursday, June 9, 2022. Kelley has been charged with four misdemeanors from his involvement with the riot at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021. (Daniel Shular/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)
Michigan gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelly gives a thumbs up to supporters as he leaves the parking lot of the U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids, Mich., with his family and supporters on Thursday, June 9, 2022. Kelley has been charged with four misdemeanors from his involvement with the riot at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021. (Daniel Shular/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)
Michigan gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelly gives a thumbs up to supporters as he leaves the parking lot of the U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids, Mich., with his family and supporters on Thursday, June 9, 2022. Kelley has been charged with four misdemeanors from his involvement with the riot at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021. (Daniel Shular/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)
Ryan Kelley, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, speaks to conservative activists that are demanding another investigation into former President Donald Trump’s loss during a rally on Feb. 8, 2022 outside the Michigan Capitol in Lansing, Mich. Kelley, one of five Republican candidates for Michigan governor, was charged with a misdemeanor Thursday, June 9, 2022, for his role in the 2021 postelection riot at the U.S. Capitol. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)
Ryan Kelley, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, speaks to conservative activists that are demanding another investigation into former President Donald Trump’s loss during a rally on Feb. 8, 2022 outside the Michigan Capitol in Lansing, Mich. Kelley, one of five Republican candidates for Michigan governor, was charged with a misdemeanor Thursday, June 9, 2022, for his role in the 2021 postelection riot at the U.S. Capitol. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)
Ryan Kelley, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, attends a rally with conservative activists that are demanding another investigation into former President Donald Trump’s loss on Feb. 8, 2022 outside the Michigan Capitol in Lansing, Mich. Kelley, one of five Republican candidates for Michigan governor, was charged with a misdemeanor Thursday, June 9, 2022, for his role in the 2021 postelection riot at the U.S. Capitol. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)
Ryan Kelley, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, attends a rally with conservative activists that are demanding another investigation into former President Donald Trump’s loss on Feb. 8, 2022 outside the Michigan Capitol in Lansing, Mich. Kelley, one of five Republican candidates for Michigan governor, was charged with a misdemeanor Thursday, June 9, 2022, for his role in the 2021 postelection riot at the U.S. Capitol. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)
Ryan Kelley, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, speaks to conservative activists that are demanding another investigation into former President Donald Trump’s loss during a rally on Feb. 8, 2022 outside the Michigan Capitol in Lansing, Mich. Kelley, one of five Republican candidates for Michigan governor, was charged with a misdemeanor Thursday, June 9, 2022, for his role in the 2021 postelection riot at the U.S. Capitol. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)
Ryan Kelley, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, speaks to conservative activists that are demanding another investigation into former President Donald Trump’s loss during a rally on Feb. 8, 2022 outside the Michigan Capitol in Lansing, Mich. Kelley, one of five Republican candidates for Michigan governor, was charged with a misdemeanor Thursday, June 9, 2022, for his role in the 2021 postelection riot at the U.S. Capitol. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)
DETROIT (AP) — A northern Michigan man was arrested Thursday and charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, prosecutors said.
Luke Michael Lints, 27, of Traverse City was charged in a criminal complaint filed in the District of Columbia with civil disorder, a felony, and related misdemeanor offenses, prosecutors said.
Lints was among rioters who repeatedly engaged in violence against law enforcement officers guarding the Capitol, court documents said. He confronted officers in the Lower West Terrace and tunnel areas of the Capitol and entered the tunnel there, making his way towards the front of the police line.
Lints held a police shield and pushed back against officers, at one point using a police shield to prevent an officer from closing a door to protect himself from the rioters, documents said. Lints also was part of a crowd directly outside the tunnel as a Metropolitan Police Department officer was assaulted by rioters.
It wasn’t clear whether Lints has an attorney who might comment on his behalf.
His arrest follows that of Ryan Kelley, a Republican candidate for Michigan governor and ardent defender of former President Donald Trump, on misdemeanor charges June 10 for his role in the riot.