WASHINGTON, D.C. – An Ocala couple agreed to plead guilty on Monday to some of the charges leveled against them after the attack on the U.S. Capitol in 2021.
Jamie and Jennifer Buteau were arrested at their home in June 2021.
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Agents investigating the riot said they saw the Buteaus on surveillance video and also received several tips from members of the public who sent social media posts showing the couple was in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6 and made their way inside the Capitol building.
Investigators claimed Jamie Buteau threw a chair at Capitol police officers. Authorities said the chair bounced off a door and hit one of the officers.
After throwing the chair, Jamie Buteau reunited with his wife, walked to a lobby and grabbed another chair, according to their initial arrest report. Records show the couple left the Capitol at about 2:46 p.m.
Also included in the report is a screenshot from Jennifer Buteau’s Facebook page in which she admits to deleting a live video from the Capitol because she didn’t want to “entertain Antifa.”
Jamie Buteau pleaded guilty to a felony charge of assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers, while Jennifer Buteau pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor offense of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building.
They will be sentenced on Oct. 20.
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