LOS ANGELES—Two Southland men were arrested on Aug. 26 for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
David Nicholas Dempsey, 34, of Van Nuys, and Jeffrey Scott Brown, 54, of Santa Ana, Calif., are charged with federal offenses related to their alleged assault and impediment of certain officers, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.