VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com/KFGO) – A federal grand jury has indicted a former Oriska, North Dakota man who was arrested earlier this year on charges related to the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

62-year-old Rockne Earles is charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers and civil disorder, both felonies. He also faces six misdemeanor charges. He was first arrested in New Mexico in April.

Prosecutors say Earles grabbed and threw a Capitol police officer to the ground during the riots. He was inside the Capitol for nearly 30 minutes.

Earles unsuccessfully ran for a seat on the Barnes County Commission in November 2020. He is set to be arraigned November 1.