Mark Steven Simon biography: 13 things about US Capitol riot suspect from Huntington Beach, California

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Mark Steven Simon is an American man from California, United States. The state is around 2,794 miles away from Washington, D.C., USA.

On November 3, 2020, Joe Biden won the United States presidential election, defeating Donald Trump. On January 6, 2021, Trump’s supporters breached the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. while a joint session of U.S. Congress was certifying the vote of the Electoral College and affirming Biden’s victory.

Simon join the U.S. Capitol riot. Here are 13 more things about him:

He is a resident of Huntington Beach, Orange County, California.
He was known in Huntington Beach as a far-right activist.
He has a lengthy criminal history involving driving under the influence and drug usage. He has been accused of methamphetamine and cocaine use.
In February 2019, he pleaded guilty to carrying a loaded unregistered gun in public.
In 2020, he and his live-in girlfriend Michelle Peterson attended a rally for a recall of 49th California governor Gavin Newsom.
On January 6, 2021, he entered the U.S. Capitol building with Peterson.
On January 21, 2021, U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui signed a criminal complaint filed by a Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent against him.
At 6:00 a.m. on January 28, 2021, he was arrested in Huntington Beach.
On the afternoon of January 28, 2021, he made his initial appearance in Santa Ana, Orange County and was released on $25,000 bond.
On February 3, 2021, he pleaded not guilty to entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly conduct in a U.S. Capitol building or grounds; parading, demonstrating or picketing in a U.S. Capitol building.
On August 19, 2021, he entered a plea agreement. Three of the four charges filed against him were dismissed.
On December 7, 2021, he was sentenced to 35 days incarceration and ordered to pay $500 restitution.
He was 52 years old when he was sentenced on December 7, 2021 in federal court. Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered him to start serving out his sentence no later than January 3, 2022.