COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Federal prosecutors have charged a Colorado Springs man in connection with the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Prosecutors in the District of Columbia charged Tyler Ethridge, 33, civil disorder, a felony, and related misdemeanor offenses. He was arrested Friday in Denver, and made an initial appearance in the District of Colorado, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Ethridge, a 2017 graduate of the Practical Government School at Andrew Wommack's Charis Bible College in Woodland Park, is accused of removing fencing on the Capitol's northwest approach and encouraging the crowd to keep fighting after he climbed a median, prosecutors said.
