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Pittsburgh man among those facing misdemeanor charges related to Jan. 6

September 21, 2022 / 9:08 AM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh

WASHINGTON (KDKA) - A Pittsburgh man is among a group of five people arrested for actions taken during the U.S. Captiol breach on Jan. 6, 2021.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Thomas Carey, a 21-year-old from Pittsburgh was among a group of five people who communicated and entered the capitol together on Jan. 6.

The group entered the capitol just after 2 p.m. and moved throughout multiple floors and rooms and were in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's conference room.

Carey was arrested on Sept. 15, 2022.

The case is being investigated by the FBI Pittsburgh Field Office and prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia and the Department of Justice National Security Division's Counterterrorism Section.

Patrick Damp

Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports communication, Patrick decided to pursue his dream of working in journalism in his hometown and joined the CBS Pittsburgh team in 2019.