Supporters of President Donald Trump riot at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. - Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS
A former Inverness tech executive is scheduled Friday to become the first Illinoisan sentenced for participating in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Bradley Rukstales, 53, pleaded guilty in August to willfully and knowingly parading, demonstrating and picketing inside the Capitol, a misdemeanor that carries a maximum penalty of six months imprisonment and a $5,000 fine. In court filings in U.S. District Court in Washington last week, prosecutors asked for a sentence of 45 days in jail, saying Rukstales’ actions that day were part of a “large and violent riot that relied on numbers to ove...
