Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 37
- Location
- Sparta, Wisconsin
- Charges
- Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct on Capital Grounds; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in Capitol Building; Destruction of Government Property
- Case status
- Pleaded guilty; Convicted; Dismissed in part or full
Case Summary
Court documents state that on Jan. 6, 2021, Charles Walters was seen in multiple open-source videos and body-worn camera footage in a crowd of rioters on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol building. The documents say he destroyed fencing near a police line by kicking and stomping on it. Walters allegedly entered the Capitol building wearing a helmet and ballistic-style vest.
Case History
Walters pleaded Guilty to one charge: Entering or Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds. Plea of Not Guilty entered on Counts 2-5. Found Guilty on Count 5 in a Bench trial on 9/17/2024. The Government agreed to dismiss Counts Two, Three, and Four at the time of sentencing. On 1/22/2025, the court grants the government’s motion to dismiss the case with prejudice
Sources
- Primary Documentation
NPR Jan. 6 Defendant DatabaseNPR - Primary Documentation
Underlying court recordCourt record linked by NPR
Case summary, charges, procedural updates and image are drawn from the NPR Jan. 6 archive snapshot dated 2026-09-25 unless otherwise indicated.