These New Englanders were charged in the Capitol riot — where do their cases stand?

Hadley Barndollar USA Today Network

Updated Sep 15, 2021 

More than six months after pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol and broke into the Senate chamber, the cases of 12 New Englanders arrested are moving through federal court, and at least one person has pleaded guilty.

Since the Jan. 6 insurrection, six people from Massachusetts have been charged in connection, two from New Hampshire, two from Maine and two from Connecticut. Nationally, more than 570 people face related charges, which prosecutors have said is collectively "likely the most complex investigation ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice." 

Capitol riot arrests: See who has been charged across the U.S.

Last month, the House select committee began its investigative inquiry into the harrowing day, starting with emotional testimony from Capitol police officers who recalled the verbal and physical abuse committed by the rioters. 

Four police officers who responded to the siege have died by suicide since the attack. 

January 6 hearing:Officers recall brutal riot, ‘desperate struggle’ to hold back mob

New Englanders charged in the Jan. 6 insurrection

Below is a status update of each Capitol riot case from New England, as provided in recent updates by the U.S. Department of Justice. 

Massachusetts 

• Noah Bacon – Somerville, MA

Charges: Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; enter or remain in the gallery of either House of Congress; disorderly conduct in a Capitol building; violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds; obstruction of justice/Congress.

Case status: Arrested on June 30

• Chase Kevin Allen – Seekonk, MA

Charges: Destruction or injury to buildings or property in Special Maritime and Territorial jurisdiction; act of physical violence on grounds

Case status: Remains on personal recognizance with a status hearing set for Sept. 7.

• Suzanne Ianni – Natick, MA

Charges: Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds.

Case status: Remains on personal recognizance with a status hearing set for Sept. 28. 

• Mark Sahady – Malden, MA

Charges: Entering or remaining in restricted building or grounds; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly conduct in a Capitol building.

Case status: Pleaded not guilty to all counts, status hearing scheduled for Oct. 5.

• Brian McCreary – North Adams, MA

Charges: 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; parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building.

Case status: Pleaded not guilty in February and remains on personal recognizance. A  status conference is scheduled for Sept. 10. 

• Troy Sargent – Pittsfield, MA

Charges: Forcibly assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding federal officers; obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder; knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; knowingly engaging in disorderly or disruptive conduct in restricted building or grounds; knowingly engaging in physical violence in restricted building or grounds; willfully and knowingly engaging in physical violence in Capitol grounds or buildings.

Case status: Pleaded not guilty and remains on personal recognizance. A status conference is scheduled for Aug. 19. 

New Hampshire 

• Thomas Gallagher – Bridgewater, NH

Charges: Entering and remaining in a restricted building; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building; violent entry and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building; parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building.

Case status: As part of a plea agreement, he pleaded guilty to one charge of "parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building" on July 15. A sentencing hearing is now scheduled for Oct. 13, where Gallagher could face up to six months imprisonment.

• Jason Riddle – Keene, NH 

Charges: Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, theft of government property, and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol Grounds.

Case Status: Pleaded not guilty on April 20. A status hearing took place on July 28.

Maine 

• Nicholas Hendrix – Gorham, ME

Charges: Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol Grounds; and parade, demonstrate or picket in any of the Capitol Buildings.

Case status: Pleaded not guilty on Aug. 2, and a status conference is set for Oct. 15. 

• Kyle Fitzsimons – Lebanon, ME

Charges: Civil disorder; obstruction of an official proceeding; inflicting bodily injury on certain officers; entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly conduct in a Capitol Building; act of physical violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings. 

Case status: Arraignment was held on April 22, and a status conference is scheduled for Aug. 19. He remains jailed. 

Connecticut 

• Patrick Edward McCaughey – Ridgefield, CT

Charges: Assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers, and aiding and abetting; assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon; obstruction of an official proceeding, and aiding and abetting; civil disorder; disorderly conduct in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon; engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon; disorderly conduct in the Capitol building; and act of physical violence in the Capitol grounds or building. 

Case status: A status conference is scheduled for Sept. 20. McCaughey was jailed until May, and now remains on "high intensity" release. 

• Richard Crosby – Harwinton, CT

Charges: Obstruction of justice/Congress; knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; entering and remaining on the floor of Congress; disorderly conduct in a Capitol building; parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building.

Case status: Pleaded not guilty in July and remains on personal recognizance. A status conference is scheduled for Sept. 28.

• Jean Lavin - Canterbury, CT

Charges: Misdemeanor trespass and disorderly conduct

Case status: Arrested Sept. 14

• Carla Krzywicki - Canterbury, CT 

Charges: Misdemeanor trespass and disorderly conduct

Case status: Arrested Sept. 14