The government arrests the 62-year-old Hillsboro man during the siege of the US Capitol state

Federal agents arrested a Hillsboro man, 62, on Sunday in connection with the January 6 takeover of the U.S. Capitol.

Reed Knox Christensen is accused of assaulting a federal law enforcement officer during the siege of the U.S. Capitol, Attorney Paul Maloney told a judge.

An FBI video posted on the U.S. Department of Justice website shows him walking past a barrier in front of the U.S. Capitol and dealing with several officials, according to a federal complaint.

Christensen first appeared in federal court in Portland on Monday, making it the third person arrested in Oregon that federal prosecutors have linked to the U.S. Capitol uprising. Another man was arrested last month in Vancouver, Washington.

“I was picked up in my suit on the way to church,” he told US Judge Youlee Yim You.

He is also accused of having committed physical violence in a Capitol and of standing or stepping in without legitimate authority for unqualified reasons, among other things.

According to court records, Christensen was on the lower west terrace of the Capitol grounds, where the US Capitol Police protected the building from rioters. Surveillance and body-worn camera recordings show how, according to federal authorities, Christensen initiates striking and urging officials and the aggressive removal of metal bicycle rack barriers.

At around 2:20 p.m., Christensen was trying to break through the barrier when a Metropolitan Police Department officer sprayed him with a chemical irritant. Despite the spray on his face, Christensen stormed away from officers and hit an officer with his fists, according to a criminal complaint.

Maloney asked for any firearms found at his home to be removed before Christensen could be released from custody pending trial. He said he was concerned that Christensen is against the government’s honor. “

“I’m a little surprised to find myself losing my critter weapons … if I haven’t been convicted of anything,” Christensen told the judge.

Christensen is a US Army veteran who has served four and a half years, his defense attorney Troy Nixon told the court. He asked the judge not to order the removal of weapons from his client’s home. Christensen has previous software experience and was once for Intel Corp., according to public records. active.

The judge ordered the firearms to be removed and called this a “reasonable condition for his release”. Christensen was also instructed not to travel to the District of Columbia and to obtain prior approval from a federal official if he would like to travel outside of Oregon.

His federal trial continued through Wednesday.

Christensen is among more than 400 people arrested in the US Capitol riot. More than 100 of them are accused of attacking or obstructing law enforcement.

Last month, Oregon brothers Jonathanpeter and Matthew Klein were arrested on conspiracy to prevent Congress from confirming the 2020 presidential election results for Joe Biden. Marc Anthony Bru, 41, was arrested in Vancouver last month. He was accused of violating the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, pushing past police officers and entering the Senate Gallery.

Another man with Oregon connections, Richard L. Harris, 40, was arrested on March 18 in Florida in connection with the attack on the US Capitol.