PLAQUEMINES PARISH, La. — FBI New Orleans says they arrested a Plaquemines parish man for charges related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The man was identified as 34-year-old Matthew Matulich of Buras. He was arrested in Venice, and he will have to appear in the Eastern District of Louisiana court.
Matulich is charged with the following misdemeanor offenses:
- Theft of government property
- Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority
- Disordley conduct in a restricted building or grounds
- Entering or remaining in the gallery of either House of Congress
- Disorderly conduct in a Capitol building,
- Parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building
Several other Louisiana residents have been arrested during the FBI investigation.
Charles Tyler Himber was arrested in Golden Meadow, La., in February on charges related to his conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The 30-year-old Slidell native is charged in a criminal complaint filed in the District of Columbia with a felony offense of civil disorder.
In January, 40-year-old military veteran and Louisiana native Edward Richmond Jr. was arrested on charges that he used a metal baton to assault police officers during the mob's attack on Jan. 6.
Richmond, who was initially released after his Jan. 22 arrest, was ordered jailed by Chief Judge James Boasberg after he was deemed a danger to the community.
In November, Northshore father and son, Willard Purkel, Jr., 51, and Colby Purkel, 27, were also arrested in connection with the breach.
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