Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 25
- Location
- Newville, Pennsylvania
- Charges
- Conspiracy to Obstruct Official Proceeding; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Civil Disorder; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers Using a Dangerous Weapon and Aiding and Abetting; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Disorderly and Disruptive 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 and Aiding and Abetting; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building or Grounds; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
- Case status
- Pleaded guilty; Dismissed in part or full; Sentenced
- Presidential action
- Pardon
Case Summary
“I’m getting ready to storm D.C.,” wrote Marshall Neefe in a message to a friend on Nov. 4, 2020, the day after Election Day 2020, expressing his dissatisfaction with the election results, according to court documents. In the following weeks, Neefe engaged in multiple online conversations organizing travel to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021. He wrote on Facebook in December: “Cause hot damn son I really wanna crack some commie skulls." According to the FBI, Neefe made a wooden club he called “the commie knocker” that he brought to Washington. On the Capitol grounds, footage shows Neefe participating in hoisting and pushing a large metal sign frame into a defensive line of police officers, court documents indicate. He is also allegedly seen entering the building and disregarding commands from law enforcement. “If i had it my way every cop who hurled a baton or maced [one] of us would be lined up and put down," he allegedly wrote later. Neefe faces 10 charges, including seven felonies.
Case History
Neefe pleaded Guilty to two charges: Conspiracy to Obstruct Official Proceeding and a lesser offense as to 4s of Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers and Aiding and Abetting. The other charges are dismissed. Sentenced on 9/23/2022 to 41 months incarceration; three years of supervised release; $2,000 restitution. Neefe received a full pardon on January 20, 2025
Sources
- Primary Documentation
NPR Jan. 6 Defendant DatabaseNPR - Primary Documentation
Underlying court recordCourt record linked by NPR - Supporting Reporting
NPR video evidence pageNPR
Case summary, charges, procedural updates and image are drawn from the NPR Jan. 6 archive snapshot dated 2026-09-25 unless otherwise indicated.