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WASHINGTON, DC — An Ogden man was arrested Monday in connection with his alleged involvement in the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia announced.

According to the press release, 66-year-old Hal Ray Huddleston is facing aggravated charges of obstructing law enforcement during a disturbance.

Huddleston is also charged with several misdemeanors, including entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly or disruptive conduct in the Capitol building and grounds, and parading, picketing and demonstrating in a Capitol building.

Huddleston was arrested in Utah and will have his first court date in the District of Utah, the press release said.

According to court documents, the FBI received a tip with a screenshot of a January 7, 2021 Facebook post from a user named “Hal Ray Huddleston” that read:

“An update on my stay in DC. You may have heard of the capital [sic] today. I've only been to DC once in my life and that was today, to storm the capitol, break things, fight with the police and get tear gassed. I spent the day doing patriotic stuff and standing up for my president and my country. It was a good day.”

Metadata and cellphone records obtained through federal search warrants were used to identify Huddleston. According to court documents, he was employed as a contractor at the Defense Logistics Agency at Hill Air Force Base as of 2021.

According to court documents, videos from “multiple sources” also appeared to show Huddleston in and around the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Court documents accuse Huddleston of entering the Capitol and participating in “at least one violent confrontation between rioters and police officers.”

The case is being prosecuted by the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia and the Counterterrorism Division of the U.S. Department of Justice's National Security Division, the press release said.

The FBI's Salt Lake City and Washington offices were listed as investigative authorities, with support from the US Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department.

It found that in nearly all 50 states, more than 1,488 people have been charged with crimes related to the storming of the U.S. Capitol, “including nearly 550 people accused of attacking or obstructing law enforcement.”

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