Last Illinois residents of Lockport couple to be charged in Jan. 6 Capitol riots – Chicago Tribune

A couple from Lockport have become the latest Illinoisans to be charged in connection with the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, according to federal court records.

According to the criminal complaint and arrest warrant, Kelly Fontaine and Brian Dula are charged with four counts of knowingly and unlawfully entering a restricted building, disorderly conduct in a restricted building, disorderly conduct in and around the U.S. Capitol, and parading and picketing in and around the Capitol Building. is facing dated Wednesday.

The charges make Fontaine and Dula the 45th and 46th Illinois residents to be charged since the attack, which sent members of Congress running for safety.

In the complaint, an FBI agent alleges that Dula and Fontaine traveled to Washington for the “Take Back America” ​​rally on January 5, 2021, and that Fontaine posted about those plans on Facebook in December 2020.

Fontaine posted on Facebook a photo of the couple traveling to Washington, followed by photos of the march from the Ellipse to the U.S. Capitol and from restricted areas of the Capitol.

“During their stay on the Upper Northwest Terrace, Fontaine also took a photograph of himself giving the thumbs up, with the Senate Wing doors and the Parliament door visible in the background,” the complaint stated.

The complaint alleges that the duo was also featured in security footage of them entering and entering restricted areas of the Capitol.

The pair admitted to traveling to Washington, attending the rally and entering the Capitol during an interview in Romeoville in September 2022, the complaint said.

Fontaine and Dula were released on bail Thursday and ordered to appear in court on the charges in Washington.

Chicago Tribune’s Jason Meisner contributed.