WASHINGTON (Valley News Live) – A former Oriska, North Dakota man has been arrested on federal charges, for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Rockne Gerard Earles, 62, is charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers, and civil disorder. He now lives in New Mexico.

Earles ran for a seat on the Barnes County Commission in November of 2020, to no success.

The charges were filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

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