Robert Ciottoni of Willow Grove was arrested on March 8, 2024 in Philadelphia for illegally entering and disrupting the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, according to a Complaint and Statement of Facts case file found on the U.S. Attorney’s Office website.

Ciottoni was found in violation of 18 U.S.C. (§) 1752(a)(1) and (2), “which makes it a crime to (1) knowingly enter or remain in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority to do; and (2) knowingly, and with intent to impede or disrupt the orderly conduct of Government business or official functions,” the case file said.

According to the document, Ciottoni was among the crowd which “forced entry into the U.S. Capitol, including by breaking windows and by assaulting members of the U.S. Capitol Police, as others in the crowd encouraged and assisted those acts” at approximately 2:00pm that day.

An excerpt from the file:

This investigation arose out of an associated investigation into a Philadelphia based Amtrak employee (ASSOCIATE 1) who reportedly traveled from Philadelphia, PA to Washington D.C. an entered the Capitol on January 6th, 2021. Amtrak surveillance and Capital closed caption television (CCTV) footage revealed that ASSOCIATE 1 was traveling with a male the entirety of January 6, 2021. In an attempt to identify the male, Your Affiant issued a subpoena on Verizon for call records from a number subscribed to ASSOCIATE 1. That number connected with 856-912-8400 eight times throughout the day on January 6, 2021. An open-source search revealed the number to be a T-Mobile number subscribed to ROBERT CIOTTONI of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.

Amtrak surveillance captured ROBERT CIOTTONI and ASSOCIATE 1 leaving 30th Street Station, in Philadelphia, at approximately 4:25am. CIOTTONI (Image 1 and 2) is seen wearing a black jacket, black shoes, and dark hooded sweatshirt jeans. Both CIOTTONI and ASSOCIATE 1 arrived in Washington D.C. at approximately 6:55am and returned to Philadelphia at approximately 5:56pm.

The screenshot below shows Ciottoni entering the Senate Wing door of the Capitol at approximately 2:24pm. According to the case file, Ciottoni “is now wearing a red ‘Make American Great Again’ hat and carrying a stick.”

Subsequent images show Ciottoni accessing the Rotunda through the Supreme Court Chamber stairs:

He was then captured knocking over four velvet barriers in the Rotunda:

At approximately 2:31pm, Ciottoni was seen exiting the Capitol through a broken window:

A witness who has known Ciottoni for 15 years confirmed his presence in the Capitol on January 6, 2021, the document said.

The full case fill can be found here.

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Screengrabs taken from Robert Ciottoni’s Complaint and Statement of Facts via the U.S. Attorney’s Office website