Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 34
- Location
- Waikiki, Hawaii
- Charges
- Conspiracy to Prevent an Officer from Discharging Any Duties; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers; Civil Disorder and Aiding and Abetting; Destruction of Government Property; Theft of Government Property; 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; Act of Physical Violence in a Restricted building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon
- Case status
- Pleaded guilty; Dismissed in part or full; Sentenced
Case Summary
According to interviews he gave to the media, Nicholas Ochs is the leader and founder of a Hawaii chapter of the Proud Boys. His right forearm says as much -- it has a tattoo that reads “Proud Boy.” “Hello from the Capitol lol,” he posted on his Twitter account on the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021, according to court documents. “We didn’t have to break in,” he told CNN. “I just walked in and filmed.” Ochs ran as a Republican for a seat in the Hawaii House of Representatives last year, on a platform that included, among other things, objecting to the restrictive way Hawaii’s state leaders were dealing with the pandemic. He was initially charged with acts during civil disorder and entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority. A superseding indictment accuses him of conspiring with others to plan, raise money and travel to Washington to disrupt Congress, posting images and video of the incursion in real time, and defacing the U.S. Capitol’s Memorial Door with the words “MURDER THE MEDIA,” the name of the Proud Boys' social media video collective. According to sentencing memos filed in court, Ochs served in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Case History
Ochs pleaded Guilty to one charge: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding. The other charges are dismissed. Sentenced on 12/9/2022 to 48 months incarceration; 3 years supervised release; $5,000 fine; $2,000 in restitution; $100 special assessment. On Nov. 1, 2024, the court vacated the Obstruction charge. A second Superseding indictment was filed on 1/15/2025. On 1/22/2025, the court ordered that the case is dismissed without prejudice.
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.