California Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge of Inciting Riots at Rallies

He was extradited from Romania last year after spending nearly a year on the run.

A man gets sprayed with a chemical irritant as multiple fights break out between Trump supporters and anti-Trump protesters in Berkeley, Calif., on April 15, 2017. Hundreds of people with opposing opinions on then President Donald Trump threw stones, lit fires, tossed explosives and tear gas and attacked each other with makeshift weapons. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images

LOS ANGELES—A Southern California man accused of inciting brawls at political rallies across the state pleaded guilty Friday in downtown Los Angeles to a federal charge.

Robert Rundo, 34, of Huntington Beach entered his plea to one count of conspiracy to violate the federal Anti-Riot Act. Sentencing was set for Dec. 13.