An Alabama man was sentenced today on a felony charge for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Kaleb Dillard, 28, of Mountain Brook, was sentenced to 10 months in prison, followed by one year of supervised released, according to a Thursday announcement by the FBI.

Dillard, who was arrested last year in Columbiana, was also ordered by U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb to pay $36,238.55 in restitution.

Dillard pleaded guilty on July 18 to assaulting to assaulting, resisting, or impeding law enforcement officers.

Dillard’s LinkedIn profile says he graduated from Briarwood Christian High School, and served in the U.S. Marines for five years as a videographer and public affairs correspondent and attended Samford University.

He is one of a roughly a dozen Alabama residents charged in connection with Capitol breach during a joint session of Congress which had convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.

According to court documents, Dillard traveled from his home in Alabama to Washington, D.C., to attend the rally near the Ellipse and illegally entered the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021.

The former Marine illegally entered the restricted grounds of the Capitol, heading to the East Front of the Capitol. Dillard went to the front of the crowd at the Rotunda Door, where he used a metal tool to smash a window of the doors.

At around 2:26 p.m., Dillard forced his way past officers attempting to close the Rotunda Door and entered the Capitol building.

Dillard then approached a U.S. Capitol Police officer who was attempting to close the doors and stop rioters from entering. Dillard grabbed the officer’s protective vest from behind and threw the officer backward onto the marble floor.

Dillard then helped more rioters enter the Capitol through the Rotunda Door before approaching a second U.S. Capitol Police Officer who was trying to secure the door from the rioters.

He repeatedly shoved the second officer away from the doors so more rioters could enter.

Unable to move the officer away from the door, Dillard continued to harass him, sticking his fingers in the officer’s face and at one point screaming, “That’s a poor excuse! ‘I got a job to do.’ Give me a f***ing break!”

At around 2:30 p.m., Dillard walked through the Capitol building into the Rotunda, Statuary Hall, and the Statuary Hall Connector. He remained in the Capitol until approximately 2:51 p.m.

Dillard was taken into custody on Aug. 23, 2022, in Columbiana, Alabama.

This case was investigated by the FBI’s Washington and Birmingham Field Offices, which identified Dillard as #166 on its seeking information photos. Significant assistance was provided by the U.S. Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department.

The case was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the Department of Justice National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section. The Northern District of Alabama’s U.S. Attorney’s Office assisted in the probe.

In the 34 months since Jan. 6, 2021, more than 1,200 people have been charged in nearly all 50 states for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol, including more than 400 individuals charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement, a felony.

The investigation is ongoing.