Second Springfield man charged in Jan. 6 attack on US Capitol

Another Springfield man faces charges for storming the floor of the U.S. Senate during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol that interrupted the Electoral College vote.

Roy Nelson Franklin, 66, who was arrested in Springfield in early December, had been checked out by Federal Bureau of Investigations officers in Springfield just two days after the protest in Washington, D.C.

According to an 11-page complaint filed in federal court in Springfield, Franklin traveled to Washington with Thomas B. Adams Jr., 40, also of Springfield, and two were together "most, if not all, of the time and engaged in similar conduct" at or near the Capitol.

Adams was arrested in April and pleaded not guilty to entering a restricted building, violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds and obstructing an official proceeding.

Franklin faces similar charges.

Read more: https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/crime/2021/12/30/second-springfield-man-arrested-december-washington-dc-attack/9049475002/
(Springfield State Journal Register)


Federal authorities allege this image depicts Roy Nelson Franklin of Springfield on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Jan. 6. U.S. District Court records