Elias Irizarry biography: 13 things about US Capitol rioter from Rock Hill, South Carolina

Elias Irizarry is an American man from Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina, United States. The city is around 424 miles away from Washington, D.C., USA.

On November 3, 2020, Joe Biden won the U.S. 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 the U.S. Congress was certifying the vote of the Electoral College and affirming Biden’s victory.

Irizarry traveled to Washington, D.C. with his high school friend Elliott Bishai and they joined the U.S. Capitol riot. At the time, the former was a cadet in a Civil Air Patrol Unit in Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.

Who is Elias Irizarry?

Irizarry is the son of Vincent Irizarry and Avalon Lorraine House Irizarry. Vincent, who is of Puerto Rican and Italian descent, is an actor who starred in “Days of Our Lives,” “All My Children” and “The Young and The Restless.”

Elias has one older sibling named Aria Irizarry. They have two older paternal half-siblings namely Siena Sophia Irizarry and Ash Harris Irizarry.

When Elias attended Montclair High School in Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA, he was the chairman of the Essex County Teenage Republicans. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. On February 21, 2017, he attended the township meeting in Montclair where the council approved the resolution affirming Montclair as a “welcoming community.” He told the council, “We need to put Montclair citizens first, not undocumented foreigners.”
2. In 2020, he received a gold star from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina after earning a grade-point average of 3.7 or more.
3. On January 6, 2021, he entered the U.S. Capitol building wearing a red face covering, a dark red hooded sweatshirt, a red baseball hat, dark colored gloves and brown military style boots while holding a long cylindrical object in his right hand.
4. On March 12, 2021, U.S. Magistrate Judge Robin M. Meriweather signed a criminal case filed against him by a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent.
5. When he was arrested on March 15, 2021, he was a second-semester freshman and a political science major at The Citadel.
6. He said nothing when he appeared at the federal courthouse in Columbia, South Carolina on March 16, 2021. After the hearing, he was released on a $25,000 unsecured bond.
7. For his participation in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, he was charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; knowingly engaging in disorderly or disruptive conduct in any restricted buildings or grounds and violent entry and disorderly conduct on U.S. Capitol grounds. On April 16, 2021, he was arraigned and he pleaded not guilty to all counts.
8. On May 3, 2022, a federal judge allowed him to study in Estonia for three weeks as part of a program run through The Citadel and he received a $2,500 scholarship for the trip.
9. On October 26, 2022, he pleaded guilty to entering and remaining in a restricted area or grounds.
10. On December 14, 2022, The Citadel suspended him.
11. On March 15, 2023, U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan sentenced him to 14 days in jail in a federal court hearing in Washington, D.C. and required him to pay $500 restitution.
12. In November 2023, he turned 22.
13. On March 27, 2024, he filed as a Republican candidate for House District 43, which includes parts of York County and Chester County, South Carolina.

If you have information about someone who participated in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, call 1-800-CALL-FBI or submit relevant photos and videos to the FBI.