Another Maine man charged stemming from Capitol riot
The affidavit states that Nicholas Hendrix “admitted that he knew it was illegal to enter the Capitol building.”
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GORHAM, Maine (AP) — Federal agents have charged a Maine man for taking part in the January storming of the U.S. Capitol.
Nicholas Patrick Hendrix, 34, of Gorham, is at least the third person with a Maine connection to face federal charges stemming from the Jan. 6 riot.
A federal affidavit states that Hendrix faces four charges in U.S. District Court, including violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. He was expected to make a court appearance via Zoom on Thursday, the Portland Press Herald reported.
A phone number listed under Hendrix’s name was disconnected on Thursday.
The court affidavit stated that federal agents received an online tip later in January that Hendrix was showing video footage he took from the day of the riot. The affidavit states that Hendrix “admitted that he knew it was illegal to enter the Capitol building.”
The filing said he also conceded he “perceived that there was not too much resistance from law enforcement to individuals going inside the Capitol building and expressed that he believed the United States Capitol Police were quitting and allowing them to go inside.”
Surveillance footage, the filing said, captured Hendrix inside the Capitol for about 83 seconds near the Rotunda Door.
And during a follow-up interview with the FBI on March 25, the document said, Hendrix allowed agents to photograph the shirt, sign, and sunglasses he wore that day. The shirt contained a crude slogan mocking Biden and then-Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, and his sign bore a message that said “Stop The Communist & Terrorist Revolution,” according to the filing.
The riot at the Capitol has led to hundreds of arrests. Five people died during the chaotic scene.
In a separate statement, the FBI Boston office said Hendrix’s arrest “brings the total number of individuals arrested by the FBI Boston Division in connection with the riots at the U.S. Capitol to eight.”
Material from the Boston Globe was also used in this report.
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