Rockland County man arrested for role in Capitol rampage: FBI

Rockland County man arrested after Washington D.C. riot

Chris Kelly appeared in court Thursday after being arrested in connection with the deadly riots at the U.S. Capitol Building earlier this month.

NEW YORK - Authorities have arrested another New York City area man in the Jan. 6 rampage at the U.S. Capitol.

Chris Kelly was due in court on Thursday to face disorderly conduct and other federal charges. The FBI picked up Kelly on Wednesday in suburban Rockland County in the latest of several arrests in the region of suspected rioters who did little to hide their involvement - or even bragged about it.

It wasn’t immediately clear if Kelly had a lawyer who could speak on his behalf.

Aftermath from Capitol protest

An investigation is being launched into how protesters were able to get inside the US Capitol building.

Court papers describe how Kelly, the brother of a retired New York City police officer, was warned in a social media chat before he went to Washington to beware of antifa activists.

Kelly responded, "No worries, I’ll be with ex NYPD and some proud boys. This will be the most historic event of my life," according to the papers.

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A confidential source provided the FBI screen shots of a chat with Kelly on Jan. 6 in which wrote, "We’re in!" and posted photos of marauders inside the Capitol, the court papers said.

Asked if that meant he was inside, Kelly responded, "Sure spread the word, Taking this back by force now, no more bs," the papers added.

Capitol security failures

Lawmakers and others are calling for an investigation into what went wrong during the U.S. Capitol riots.