Richard T. Crosby Jr.

Case Summary

Richard Crosby Jr. was identified, court documents allege, when he named himself in the aftermath of the riot at the U.S. Capitol as Rick C. on a YouTube video and gave out his phone number. FBI agents traced the number and tracked down his parents. Agents talked to both his father and mother in Connecticut, who told them that Crosby Jr. said to them that he believed the 2020 election had been stolen and that he'd gone to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021 for the Trump rally. When the FBI agents questioned Crosby Jr. at his home, he corroborated what his parents had said and told them he wanted to attend the rally because he wanted his "voice heard." After the rally, he said, he walked toward the Capitol. He showed agents where he had entered the building, where it was, he said, "chaos." He ultimately ended up in the Senate chamber, on the dais with two other men including Jacob Chansley, known as "The QAnon Shaman." Video footage shows Chansley offering a prayer that includes the words "Thank you for allowing us to get rid of the communists, globalists, and traitors within our goverment," and Crosby Jr. at the end of it yells "Amen!" He told the FBI that he participated in "Stop the Steal" chants for a little while on his way out before walking back to his hotel.

Case History

Crosby pleaded Guilty to four charges: 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. Sentencing set for 2/6/2025. On 1/21/2025, 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.