CHICAGO — An Illinois man was arrested Thursday and charged with participation in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol and will be transported to Washington, D.C., to face the charges.
According to the U.S. Justice Department, Nicholas Von Keudell, of Hampshire, is the latest of at least 38 arrests in Illinois of individuals accused of crimes committed at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.
Von Keudell is the son of Trudy Castle, 57, who was earlier sentenced along with her sister, Kimberly DiFrancesco, 55, to 30 months of probation. Castle and DiFrancisco confirmed to FBI agents that Von Keudell traveled to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 5 with the pair and spent part of Jan. 6 at the Capitol with them.
