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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Jon Seidel

Feds charge 3 Illinois men in U.S. Capitol breach investigation after tracking them down using their mobile devices

Federal prosecutors say this picture depicts Anthony Carollo, Jeremiah Carollo and Cody Vollan around the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. | U.S. District Court records

Federal authorities have charged three additional Illinois men for wrongly entering the U.S. Capitol during the breach Jan. 6, 2021, that interrupted the Electoral College vote count.

But unlike in many cases, where the feds say someone tipped them off to a person’s presence there, a charging document made public Wednesday said the feds tracked down the men after identifying their mobile devices as being present that day.

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