Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 30
- Location
- Fort Worth, Texas
- Charges
- Conspiracy to Prevent an Officer from Discharging Any Duties; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers (2 counts); 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
Nick DeCarlo was indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to obstruct Congress. A few days after the insurrection, DeCarlo told the LA Times he was inside the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021. DeCarlo said he was there as a journalist with another rioter, but according to the federal complaint, DeCarlo "is not listed as a credentialed reporter with the House Periodical Press Gallery or the U.S. Senate Press Gallery, the organizations that credential Congressional correspondents." Federal investigators found photos of DeCarlo inside the Capitol building posing in front of a door with the words "Murder The Media" scrawled on it. In that photo, DeCarlo is wearing a shirt and hat with the same words. Over the course of their investigation, federal agents learned that DeCarlo purports to be an employee of "MT Media News," which stands for Murder the Media News. Photographs of DeCarlo from Jan. 6 that are in the criminal complaint show him posing next to Nicholas Ochs, a leader and founder of the Hawaii chapter of the Proud Boys, which is considered an extremist group by the government. Ochs was also indicted on conspiracy charges.
Case History
DeCarlo pleaded Guilty to one charge: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding. The other charges are dismissed. Sentenced on 12/9/2022 to 48 months imprisonment; 36 months of supervised release; special assessment of $100; fine of $2,500; and restitution of $2,000. On Nov. 1, the court vacated the Obstruction charge. Second Superseding Indictment filed 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.