Karl Dresch sent this photo of him posing next to a statue of 19th century vice president John. C. Calhoun inside the U.S. Capitol during the riot to an associate on Jan. 8. (Courtesy photo)

WASHINGTON — A Calumet man pleaded not guilty in federal court Monday to five counts connected with the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.

Karl Dresch was arraigned in U.S. District Court in Washington D.C., Monday. He was the first Michigan resident arrested for alleged involvement in the storming of the U.S. Capitol building.

Following a rally led by then-President Donald Trump, people broke into the Capitol, where members of Congress were certifying the Electoral College victory of Joe Biden.

Dresch was arrested two weeks after the incident during a traffic stop in Calumet.

Dresch made frequent posts and messages on social media regarding the event, as noted by court documents.

A post on his Facebook page advertising the availability of buses to the Capitol, read “NO EXCUSES! NO RETREAT! NO SURRENDER! TAKE THE STREETS! TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY! 1/6/2021=7/4/1776.”

Dresch also posted videos and photos from inside the Capitol, including posing next to a statue of 19th century vice president John C. Calhoun.

Dresch said he had not seen any violence. His posts also responded to allegations the riots were a false-flag event by Antifa, saying “antifa did not take the Capitol, that was Patriots.”

Dresch is one of six Michigan residents to be charged in connection with the riots. Five people died in the riots or soon after.

At a pretrial hearing, a federal judge ruled Dresch had to remain in custody. A search of his home after the arrest found he possessed firearms and ammunition, which he is barred from having as a felon. Dresch was sentenced for a 2013 police chase in Michigan and Wisconsin where he topped 140 mph.

Dresch faces five counts: obstruction of an official proceeding; entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly conduct in a capitol building; and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a capitol building.

A status conference in the case is set for May 12.

The court ruled the time between Monday and May 12 will be excluded from Speedy Trial Act calculation. The 1974 act, regarding a defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to a “speedy and public trial,” requires a trial to begin within 70 days of the original indictment or the defendant’s first appearance before the court, whichever is later.