Michael Thomas Curzio, who faces federal charges for entering the Capitol during the riot, pleaded guilty to attempted murder in 2013 and spent years in prison.
Marion County Sheriff Michael Thomas Curzio. Michael Thomas Curzio, one of the people facing federal charges related to the storming of the Capitol building, has a criminal record that includes attempted murder. According to the Florida Department of Corrections, Curzio spent more than five years in prison before he was released in February 2019. Curzio was arrested on January 14 and booked into the Marion County Jail in Ocala, Florida, for his accused involvement in the Capitol riot. Here’s what you need to know: Justice DepartmentMichael Curzio faces 2 federal charges related to the Capitol riot on January 6, 2020. Curzio was one of the first people prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C. identified as having been present at the Capitol during the January 6 riot. According to a press release issued by the department on January 8, Curzio faces two federal charges: Prosecutors identified Curzio as one of six individuals observed “on the Upper Level of the United States Capitol Visitors Center near the door to the House Atrium” during the riot. Officials said Curzio was standing toward the front of the crowd near a Capitol Police Officer and ignored the officer’s order to leave the building. Curzio appears to have either deleted or suspended his social media accounts since the charges were announced. But according to ABC affiliate WFTV, Curzio posted on social media the day after the riot, “Our point was made yesterday. I have no regrets about anything.” The outlet also reported that before January 6, Curzio wrote about his trip to Washington, D.C. on his Facebook page: “If anything happens — we get (expletive) up, arrested, or killed — just know I love you all and I did what I believed in.
