Henry Phillip Muntzer (©Missoula County Detention Facility)

Henry Phillip Muntzer is a white man from Montana, United States. He also goes by Hank Muntzer.

Muntzer is an inventor and a businessman. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He lives in Dillon, Montana. (a)
2. Aside from Dillon, he has lived in other parts of Montana including Twin Bridges, Madison County. (b)
3. He previously lived in Clallam County, Washington, USA particularly in Port Angeles and Sequim. (b)
4. He, Everett P. Lamprecht of Sequim and Erhan Kunt of Dededo, Guam are the inventors of the computer-controlled internal combustion engine equipped with spark plugs. On June 17, 1997, they applied for patent, which was published on October 19, 1999. (c)
5. He is neither Republican nor Democrat. He claimed to have no political party although he said he highly supports Donald Trump and “what he’s done.” (d)
6. He owns Dillon Appliances, Inc., an appliance shop in Dillon. The business has a mural that expresses his support for the QAnon conspiracy theory. (d) (e)
7. On January 6, 2021, he went to the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., USA. That day, Trump’s supporters breached the building while a joint session of Congress was certifying the vote of the Electoral College and affirming Joe Biden‘s victory in the 2020 presidential election. (a)
8. On January 12, 2021, he took to Facebook to share videos he took during the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. (e)
9. A Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent filed a criminal complaint against him, which was signed by U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui on January 13, 2021. (a)
10. At around 5:00 p.m. on January 18, 2021, he was arrested at a restaurant in Dillon. He was booked into the Missoula County Detention Facility in Missoula County, Montana. He was 52 years old when he was arrested. (a) (d) (e)
11. For his participation in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, he was charged with unlawful entry of a restricted building or grounds and disorderly conduct. (d)
12. On January 21, 2021, he appeared in federal court in Missoula County and posted bail. (d)
13. He will appear in court in Washington, D.C. on January 28, 2021. (d)

(This is a developing story. More details are being added.)

SOURCES:

• a. U.S. Department of Justice
• b. Instant Checkmate
• c. Free Patents Online
• d. NBC Montana
• e. The Dillon Tribune