The agents told the men that they were in a secure zone and directed them to a location where they could be picked up. As the two began to leave, Thompson picked up a wooden coat rack with brass holders that was behind him.
Columbus-area men charged with disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds
On Friday, Thompson and Lyon each were charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted federal building or grounds without lawful authority, violent entry, and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.
Thompson also was charged with theft of the coat rack. The charges were filed in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia, where all the charges against those involved in the insurrection are being handled.
Two Columbus-area men charged in Capitol riots one with stealing a coat rack Emma Scott Moran, The Columbus Dispatch
Dustin Byron Thompson and Robert Anthony Lyon were sitting on the sidewalk on a street near the U.S. Capitol grounds hours after the Jan. 6 rioting when they were approached by two Capitol Police special agents.
Thompson, 36, of Columbus University District, was wearing a Trump 2020 winter hat and a bulletproof vest, and Lyon, 27, whom records indicate has resided in Columbus and Reynoldsburg, had a Trump 2020 flag. The pair told the agents they were waiting for an Uber to take them back to their Maryland hotel, according to court records obtained by The Dispatch.