A retired Illinois Army National Guard sergeant was arrested Wednesday on charges he and his brother broke into the U.S. Capitol through a Senate fire door on Jan. 6 and assaulted police officers trying to keep the mob from overrunning the building.

       Joseph Bierbrodt, 54, of Sheridan, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., with eight counts, including disorderly conduct in a restricted building, assault of a federal officer, and obstruction of law enforcement, court records show.

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       Bierbrodt appeared at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Wednesday afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Young Kim, who ordered him released on a $10,000 recognizance bond, records show.