Five Mainers were charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Some have already been convicted , while two others are awaiting further court action.

In August, Glen Mitchell Simon, formerly of Minot, was sentenced to eight months in prison for his role in the gathering at the U.S. Capitol. Simon also faces 12 months of supervised release, a $1,000 fine and is being asked to pay $500 in restitution. 

Simon, who was 30 at the time, was arrested in Georgia in May 2021. He pleaded guilty in the spring of 2022 to a charge of disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds. Three other charges against him were dismissed. 

Simon, who attended Poland Regional High School before moving to Georgia and establishing a successful tree removal business, told the Sun Journal shortly after the insurrection that he headed for the nation’s capital because he wanted to “show support for the president” and counter Antifa demonstrators he thought would try to break up the pro-Trump rally. 

In September, Lebanon resident Kyle Fitzsimons, 39, was found guilty on all 11 criminal charges against him for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. The charges against him included seven felonies: civil disorder, obstructing an official proceeding, four counts of assaulting or injuring officers who tried to repel the rioters and acts of physical violence on restricted grounds. 

In early December, Nicolas Hendrix, a 35-year-old military veteran from Gorham who pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor, was sentenced to 30 days behind bars. He had been charged with parading, demonstrating or picketing at the U.S. Capitol. 

Todd Tilley, 61, of South Paris, has been charged with four misdemeanors: entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building or grounds, and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building. All four charges are misdemeanors, punishable by up to one year in prison and a fine not to exceed $100,000 for the most serious offenses. Among the evidence against him presented by the FBI are eight images of Tilley outside and inside the Capitol building. 

Joshua Colgan, 35, of Jefferson, was charged with four misdemeanors. He pleaded not guilty in July to charges of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly conduct in a Capitol building; and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building.