Militia member pleads guilty to Jan. 6 charge

A member of the Oath Keepers militia group that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 pleaded guilty Wednesday and will cooperate with investigators against his fellow rioters, marking another win for the Justice Department in its major conspiracy case.

Jason Dolan, 45, is the fourth person associated with the Oath Keepers to plead guilty to conspiracy charges for their roles in Capitol riot. The group recruits current and former military, police and first responders.

Dolan, a former Marine from Wellington, Florida, has also agreed to cooperate and testify for the government before any grand juries and trials.

Dolan’s guilty plea comes as authorities in Washington prepare for possible violence during a rally scheduled for Saturday in defense of the pro-trump mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6.

In other developments:

■ A Wisconsin man, Brandon Nelson, 29, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge in connection with the Jan. 6 riot. Prosecutors said Nelson traveled from Madison with Abram Markofski, an Army National Guard member from La Crosse, to attend the rally. Sentencing for Nelson is set for Dec. 10. Markofski pleaded guilty in September to the same charge as Nelson and is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 3.

■ A Connecticut woman and her adult daughter — Jean Lavin, 56, and Carla Krzywicki, 19, of Canterbury — have been charged with trespassing and other crimes for entering the

U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot, federal authorities said.

■ Two central Pennsylvania men — Marshall Neefe, 25, of Newville, and Charles Bradford “Brad” Smith, 25, of Shippensburg — were arrested Monday and accused of participating in the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol, with their social media communications cited by federal prosecutors as evidence against them.