HARRISBURG — Two central Pennsylvania men were arrested Monday and accused of participating in the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol earlier this year, with their social media communications cited by federal prosecutors as evidence against them.

A U.S. Justice Department news release said Marshall Neefe, 25, of Newville, and Charles Bradford “Brad” Smith, 25, of Shippensburg, both face felony charges over their alleged roles in the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol.

Prosecutors said Neefe told Smith in early November he was “getting ready to storm D.C.” and then later wrote to him, “We goin? ... Cause hot damn son I really wanna crack some commie skulls.”

Details were not available late Tuesday on the federal courts’ online records system.

Prosecutors alleged that both men entered Capitol grounds. They said Neefe carried a wooden club and helped push a metal sign into a defensive police line.