COLOMBIA – Two more South Carolina men, including a Citadel cadet, face charges of participating in the US Capitol riot in January.
Arrest warrants have been issued to Elias Irizarry and Elliot Bishai on charges of intentionally entering or staying in any restricted building without legal authority, knowingly engaging in disorderly or disturbing conduct in any restricted building and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds , according to federal court documents.
They were released on $ 25,000 unsecured bail after a March 16 hearing in Columbia federal court. They have an audience on March 22. The men said nothing during the hearing.
Irizarry, 19, is a freshman from The Citadel who has cities in Fort Mill and on the outskirts of Los Angeles, a school spokeswoman said.
Irizarry received a gold star from The Citadel after earning an average of 3.7 or more in the fall semester, according to a school statement. He posted that he was studying security and intelligence studies at The Citadel, according to his Facebook profile. He is still a student at the school, the spokeswoman said.
Her father is veteran soap opera actor Vincent Irizarry, who appeared for years on “All My Children” and “Guiding Light”.
Bishai, 20, is also from Fort Mill. Bishai was scheduled to attend Oklahoma State University on his ROTC program with plans to become an Air Force pilot, according to a Facebook post for the Gastonia Civil Air Patrol.
He was accepted into an Army flight program and was scheduled to start training at Fort Jackson later this spring, said his father, Hani Bishai.
An unidentified witness sent a complaint to the FBI identifying two men inside the Capitol as Bishai and Irizarry, according to a complaint filed in federal court. The witness, along with two others, knew the men of a Civil Air Patrol unit. They told the FBI that they recognized the clothes that the men wore on the Capitol.
A witness said based on his location on the social media app Snapchat that Bishai and Irizarry were in Washington, DC, on January 6, the day of the Capitol violation. A Bishai relative said he took selfies at the Capitol on January 6, according to the complaint.
They are seen in photos and videos entering the Capitol through a broken window, walking through the corridors and taking pictures next to a statue of Dwight Eisenhower, the complaint said.
At least two other Southern Carolinians have been arrested for their roles in the violation and another is under investigation.
This story is developing and will be updated.