Updated List of January 6 Assault Defendants
Back in February, I did a post listing the January 6 defendants charged with one or another type of assault against police. I’ve been updating the post (and will update this one), but that one had gotten out of date and I’ve spent much of the morning doing housekeeping on my own tracking of the January 6 defendants so I wanted to repost that list.
Since February, some known assailants have been charged:
- Julian Khater and George Tanios in the assault on Brian Sicknick suspected of playing a role in his death
- Albuquerque Cosper Head, Thomas Sibick, and Kyle Young — charged together — in an attack on Michael Fanone and, separately, Daniel Rodriguez for tasing him
- An expanding group — currently including Jeffrey Sabol, Peter Stager, Michael Lopatic, Clayton Mullins, and Jack Whitton — accused of dragging a cop into the crowd and beating him with various weapons and attacking another, thwarting attempts to help Rosanne Boyland, who was dying nearby
In addition, more militia defendants are being accused of assault, including Proud Boys Christopher Quaglin and Christopher Worrell. Last week, Oath Keeper Jon Schaffer entered a cooperation agreement with the government, probably staving off an assault charge tied to his use of bear spray, and a recent detention motion claims Joshua James riled up assaults on cops as well.
Then there are the rather spectacular cases of Trump State Department official Freddie Klein and former Green Beret Jeffrey McKellop, who’ve been charged with assault.
Yet even while the FBI rounds up more of the people charged with some of the identifiable assaults from January 6, the great majority of BOLOs (Be On the Lookout for — basically, requests for tips) released by the FBI, currently numbering 360, are assault suspects who have yet to be identified. So there may be around 200 more people who could be charged with assault.
And, of course, the pipe bomber remains at large, in spite of a $100,000 reward for information leading to that person’s arrest.
- Daniel Page Adams, whose arrest affidavit describes engaging in a “direct struggle with [unnamed] law enforcement officers” (his cousin, Cody Connell, described the exchange as a “civil war”). Tip SM
- Zachary Alam, who pushed cops around as he was trying to break into the Speaker’s Lobby. BOLO 79
- Wilmar Alvarado, who pushed cops in the mob trying to get in from the West Terrace. BOLO 65
- John Anderson, who after taking two riot shields from cops, needed their assistance after getting maced.
- Craig Bingert, who allegedly helped shove cops with a barricade. BOLO 105
- Brian Glenn Bingham, who scuffled with two cops after Ashli Babbitt got shot. BOLO 93
- David Blair, who poked a cop with a lacrosse stick with a Confederate flag attached. Onsite arrest
- Nicholas James Brockhoff, who sprayed a fire extinguisher from the Terrace at cops. BOLO 255
- Jamie Buteau, whom surveillance video showed throwing chairs at cops several times in the Capitol. (BOLO 188)
- Daniel Caldwell, who was filmed macing 15 cops. SM
- Matthew Caspel, who was filmed charging the National Guard. Tip SM
- William Chrestman, who is accused of threatening a cop as Proud Boys pushed their way past the original line of defense (charged with 18 USC 115). NM
- Reed Christensen, who was videotaped swinging at cops. BOLO and video 191
- Luke Coffee, who was videotaped beating several cops with a crutch. Tip SM and BOLO 108
- Cody Connell, who with his cousin was in a direct confrontation with cops. Tip SM
- Lance Copeland, who admitted to fighting with cops on the barricades.
- Christian Cortez, who yelled at cops behind a door.
- Matthew Council, who was arresting for shoving cops the day of the riot.
- Kevin Creek, who was filmed hitting and kicking officers on the West Terrace. BOLO 296
- Bruno Cua, who was filmed shoving a cop to be able to get into the Senate. Tip LE
- Nathan DeGrave, whom security cameras caught threatening to fight cops. Network Sandlin
- Daniel Egdvedt, a large man who took swipes and grabbed at several officers as they tried to remove him from the Capitol. BOLO 76
- Scott Fairlamb, who was caught in multiple videos shoving and punching officers (one who whom is identified but not named); Cori Bush has said she was threatened by him last summer. Tips, including SM
- Joseph Fischer, a cop who got in a tussle with another cop. Tip SM
- Kyle Fitzsimons, who charged officers guarding the doorway of the Capitol. BOLO 139
- Michael Foy, a former Marine who was caught on multiple videos beating multiple cops with a hockey stick. Tip SM
- Kevin Galetto, who allegedly knocked an MPD officer to the ground in the Tunnel. BOLO 146
- Robert Giswein, who appears to have ties to the Proud Boys and used a bat to beat cops. NM
- Vitali Gossjankowski, who was interviewed about whether he had tased MPD officer Michael Fanone, causing a heart attack; instead he was charged with assaulting CPD officer MM. BOLO 98 — with a second one mentioned
- Daniel Gray, who got into several confrontations with officers inside the Capitol, including knocking down a female cop. Tip SM
- Bryan Gunderson, charged with assault while committing a felony on a superseding.
- Alex Harkrider, who after being filmed fighting with police at the door of the Capitol, posted a picture with a crowbar labeled, “weapon;” he was charged with abetting Ryan Nichols’ assault. Tip SM
- Richard Harris, who assaulted a journalist in Oregon weeks before threatening cops, Nancy Pelosi, and Mike Pence during the riot.
- Albuquerque Cosper Head, accused of assaulting Michael Fanone.
- Dillon Herrington, who threw a 4X4 at cops, then threw a barrier. Sedition Hunters picture
- Emanuel Jackson, whom videos caught punching one officer, and others show beating multiple officers with a metal baseball bat. BOLO 31
- Shane Jenkins, alleged to have used a crowbar to break in a window, later threw things including a pole, a desk drawer, and a flagpole at cops.
- Douglas Jensen, the QAnon who chased Officer Goodman up the stairs, got charged with resisting him. NM, BOLO 10
- Taylor Johnatakis, charged with 111.
- Paul Johnson, who carried a bullhorn and was in the initial assault from the west side with Ryan Samsel. BOLO 49
- Chad Jones, who used a Trump flag to break the glass in the Speaker’s Lobby door just before Ashli Babbitt was shot and may have intimidated three officers who were pursuing that group. Tip NM
- David Judd, who threw a firecracker at cops in the tunnel. Tip and BOLO 137
- Julian Elie Khater, who allegedly sprayed Brian Sicknick and two others with very powerful bear spray. BOLO 190
- Freddie Klein, the State Department employee who fought with three different officers while trying to break through police lines. BOLO 136
- Edward Jacob Lang, who identified himself in a screen cap of a violent mob attacking cops and who was filmed slamming a riot shield into police and later fighting them with a red baseball bat. Tip SM
- Nicholas Languerand, accused of throwing a bollar, a can of pepper spray, and a stick at cops in the Lower West Tunnel.
- Mark Jefferson Leffingwell, whom a Capitol Police officer described in an affidavit punching him. Onsite arrest
- Joshua Lollar, who described fighting cops and was caught in pictures showing himself in the front lines confronting cops. Tip SM
- Michael Lopatic, who allegedly assaulted some cops with Stager and Sabol, then took a BWC to hide the assault. BOLO 133
- Clifford Mackrell, who attempted to strip an officer’s gas mask after someone else sprayed bear spray. BOLO 124
- Patrick Edward McCaughey III, who was filmed crushing MPD Officer Daniel Hodges in one of the doors to the Capitol. BOLO 62
- James McGrew, who shoved some cops in the Rotunda then bared his King James belly tattoo, Tip Network
- Sean McHugh, accused of spraying some yellow substance at cops and using a sign as a battering ram, BOLO 59
- Jeffrey McKellop, a former Special Forces guy accused of assaulting 4 cops, including one by using a flagpole as a spear. BOLO 215
- Jonathan Mellis, who used some kind of stick to try to jab and beat police. Tip SM
- Jalise Middleton
- Mark Middleton, the Middletons fought the cops outside the West entrance to the Capitol. BWC
- Garret Miller, who pushed back at cops and then threatened both AOC and the cop who killed Ashli Babbit. Tip LE
- Matthew Ryan Miller, who released fire extinguisher in close quarters. Tip SM
- Jordan Mink, who used a pole to assault the police.
- Brian Mock, who kicked a cop when he was down and bragged about it. BOLO and Tip SM
- Patrick Montgomery was charged with assault against MPD officer DJ in a follow-up indictment.
- Robert Morss, who in addition to tussling with a cop, was a key organizer of shield walls in the Tunnel. BOLO 147
- Aaron Mostofsky, possibly for stripping a cop of his or her armored vest and riot shield. NM
- Clayton Mullins, alleged to be part of the mob that assaulted AW and two other police. Tip
- Jonathan Munafo, alleged to have fought with cops in two different locations, including punching one in the Lower West Terrace. (BOLO and video 170)
- Ryan Nichols, who was filmed wielding a crowbar and yelling, “This is not a peaceful protest,” then spraying pepper spray against police trying to prevent entry to the Capitol. Tip SM
- Grady Owens, who allegedly hit a cop in the head on the Mall with a skateboard, as he was heading to reinforce the Capitol. BOLO 109
- Jason Owens, accused of assaulting a second officer after his son attacked one with a skateboard. Network Owens
- Jose Padilla, who shoved cops at a barricade, then helped use a Donald Trump sign as a battering ram against them. Tip SM
- Robert Palmer, who sprayed cops with a fire extinguisher then threw it at them.
- Dominic Pezzola, a Proud Boy who stole a shield from cops. NM (BOLO 43)
- Mark Ponder, filmed repeatedly attacking cops with poles.
- Christopher Quaglin, accused of assaulting cops both at the initial breach of the barriers and later in the Lower West Terrace.
- Stephen Chase Randolph, who shoved cops at the initial barricade and later bragged about a female cop’s head bouncing off the pavement. BOLO 168
- Daniel Rodriguez, whom videos appear to show tasing Michael Fanone. Sedition Hunter-based reporting
- Greg Rubeacker, Tip SM
- Jeffrey Sabol, helped drag a cop from the Capitol and beat him while prone. LE arrest (erratic driving)
- Ryan Samsel, who set off the riot by giving a cop a concussion; he appears to have coordinated with Joe Biggs. BOLO 51 (though not IDed by BOLO)
- Salvador Sandoval, Jr, who went to the insurrection with his mother and shoved some cops.
- Robert Sanford, who was filmed hitting Capitol Police Officer William Young on the head with a fire extinguisher. Tip NM
- Ronald Sandlin, who tried to wrestle cops to keep the door to the Senate open. MPD tip
- Troy Sargent, who appears to have punched some cops holding a line. Tip SM
- Peter Schwartz, a felon who maced several cops. Tip NM (BOLO 120)
- Dan Scott, AKA Milkshake, who shoved some cops in the initial assault. Network.
- Christian Secor, a UCLA self-described fascist who helped shove through some cops to break into the Capitol and then sat in the Senate chamber. Tip NM
- DJ Shalvey. The details of the assault charged against Shalvey are not public, but he did get charged for lying about it to the FBI.
- Barton Wade Shively, who pushed and shoved some police trying to get into the Capitol, punched another, then struck one of those same cops later and kicked another. BOLO 55
- Thomas Sibick, accused of being among a group of men who attacked Michael Fanone and stole his badge.
- Geoffrey Sills, alleged to have used both a pole and a baton in several assaults on cops in the tunnel.
- Audrey Southard-Rumsey, the talented singer deemed one of the main agitators in the Statuary Hall Connector. Tip SM
- Peter Francis Stager, who was involved in beating a prone cop with a flagpole. Tip SM
- Ezekial Stecher, whom videos showed pushing in the Lower West Tunnel.
- Tristan Stevens, who fought cops with a shield and baton. Video
- Isaac Sturgeon, who is accused of using a barricade to attack some officers.
- George Pierre Tanios, who allegedly conspired with Julian Khater to attack Brian Sicknick and two other cops. BOLO 254
- Kenneth Joseph Owen Thomas, who organized a MAGA Caravan from AL and then selfied himself attacking cops. BOLO 214
- Christopher Warnagiris, the Marine Major who fought to keep the East door open. BOLO 241
- Thomas Webster, who attacked a cop with a flagpole. BOLO 145
- Wade Whitten, accused of dragging AW down the steps of the Capitol and hitting him with a crutch. BOLO 130
- Duke Wilson, accused of assaulting several officers in the Lower West Tunnel. BOLO 87
- Jason Woods, who allegedly used the same tripping attack on a female cop and a cameraman. BOLO 238
- Christopher Worrell, a Proud Boy who apparently sprayed pepper spray at a line of police.
- Kyle Young, accused of attacking Michael Fanone and another officer, and stealing Fanone’s weapon.
My tip of the hat to you for your due diligence,.
And keep up the ‘good’ work!
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What is this link, and why is it here?
I have no idea. May be my fault, been a tad busy. But, ignore it, the link is to Marcy, and her commentary there was right.
I didn’t mean to lay blame, bmaz…
hope you know that. :-)
I do!
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Still waiting for #stripesguy, AFO photo #123 to be arrested and charged.
Kudos. This is a hell of a post; certainly a future reference point for people wanting to know about 1/6.
Every time this blog is quiet, the next post(s) make the silence totally worth the wait.
Thank you for your careful attention to detail, in addition to the dedication jaango mentioned in that comment.
I’m assuming that there are some people who have competent representation who have staved off charges (so far) by cooperating with the feds.
Of the people that you’ve seen charged so far, do you have a rough sense of how many have gotten good (or even not so good) lawyers to represent them long-term? I’m wondering how many of them realize how much trouble they’re in. I’m guessing a non-zero number of them think that this is going to be just like traffic court.
Not gonna be like traffic court, far from it, but it can be navigated.
Thank you Dr. Marcy. Excellent sleuthing.
Members of the Oath Keepers who helped orchestrate the January 6th MAGA terrorist attack on the US Capitol were on 60 Minutes last night saying that active duty police officers are a part of their domestic terrorist group and have been helping members of the Oath Keepers train to overthrow the United States Government.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-capitol-riots-oath-keepers-militia-2021-04-18/
That law enforcement personnel were among their number wasn’t a surprise— they’ve been bragging about that since forever. What was quite noteworthy was that idiot’s proud boasting about their ultimate goal to overthrow the government. Yeah, bad timing on that flex, buddy. Real bad timing.
I could have told them that months ago. In this county, in Gosarland, the Oath Keeper chapter has been actively recruiting, including ads in e-news publications, since last fall. Two weeks ago, I saw a man I know is a sheriff’s officer in a store, wearing an Oath Keepers cap. While that’s certainly not proof, I doubt he picked it up off the roadside.