Falkville Man Arrested During Riots

WAAY 31 spoke with a former U.S. district attorney about the charges Lonnie Coffman could face.

This morning -- we are putting more pieces together in the puzzle that was the capitol riots.

We know multiple north alabama residents were there.

An athens man was among the 4 who died wednesday.

Dozens of others were arrested -- including one falkville man.

That is where we start our coverage this morning.

Lonnie coffman faces 3 firearms charges.

We wanted to know how his arrest in d-c translates here in north alabama.

Waay 31's ashley carter is live with more on the situation-- ashley -- coffman could end up facing charges here in alabama too, right?

That's exactly right.

We spoke with a former u-s district attorney who broke down those charges coffman could face-- as we continued to try to dig deeper into who he is.

The video on your screen right now is of coffman's home.

The driveway is blocked off with logs and has a no trespassing sign out front.

We spoke to neighbors who told us coffman moved to the area about a year ago and kept to himself.

The 70-year old man's family members did not want to speak with us.

They did say they are aware of his arrest.

We spoke to former u-s district attorney for the northern district jay town who told us coffman could be facing federal charges right here in alabama jay town, former us attorney for the northern district "if you traveled in interstate commerce, crossed state lines, in order to commit a crime in washington dc, you could be prosecuted here in alabama in federal court or in washington dc in federal court same type of federal charges.

Town says anyone convicted of charges they faced in the capitol riots will have to serve each and everyday of their sentence -- without the possibility of parole.

Right now -- we are working on getting coffmans mugshot.

We asked the spokeswoman for capitol police for it -- and are waiting to hear back.

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