The man believed to be Christopher Belliveau of Sanford, outlined in yellow, is shown approaching Capitol Police officers.
Photo: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Press Release
A Sanford man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges, including for allegedly assaulting law enforcement during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol that disrupted certification of the 2020 presidential election results.
According to a press release Wednesday from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Christopher Belliveau, 38, is charged with five felony offenses, including civil disorder; assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon; entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority with a deadly or dangerous weapon; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon; and engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or on restricted grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon.
The FBI arrested Belliveau on Wednesday in Berwick with help from local police departments, including Sanford and Wells. Belliveau is the thirteenth person from Maine to be charged in connection with the even Sanford ts of Jan. 6.
In addition to the felonies, he is charged with three misdemeanor offenses, including disorderly conduct in a capitol building; act of physical violence in the Capitol grounds or buildings; and parading, demonstrating or picketing in the Capitol buildings.
According to court documents, a man identified as Belliveau was among a group of rioters on Jan. 6, 2021, on the Northwest Lawn of the Capitol grounds. At the time, rioters were congregated behind temporary fencing comprised of interlocking bicycle racks. The group of rioters, with Belliveau allegedly at the front, crossed the bicycle rack fencing and advanced toward the police.
