Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 23
- Location
- Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Charges
- Civil Disorder; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers Using a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; 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; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings
- Case status
- Pleaded guilty; Dismissed in part or full; Sentenced
- Presidential action
- Pardon
Case Summary
Prosecutors allege that Riley Kasper sprayed an aerosol, which they allege was pepper spray, toward law enforcement officers at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. A confidential source sent the FBI screenshots from Kasper’s Facebook on Jan. 7, 2021, in which Kasper allegedly captioned a photo: “Trump rally Washington, D.C.!” According to court documents, a judge later authorized a search warrant to Facebook for Kasper’s account, which yielded several private messages. Prosecutors say Kasper wrote: “I pepper sprayed 3 cops so bad they got undressed and went home” and also “there is definitely something satisfying about pepper spraying cops in riot gear and watching them run from you like a b****.” Kasper’s Facebook also allegedly included a video that shows him wearing a gray patterned jacket, a camouflage face mask and head covering, and a tan camouflage backpack. These clothes are consistent, the FBI says, with YouTube videos and body-worn camera footage from the pepper spray incident. Prosecutors say they compared images from YouTube to booking photos from Kasper’s previous arrests, as well as to his driver’s license photo. The confidential source and a family member of Kasper’s each positively identified him in photos from the Capitol. Kasper was arrested in March of 2022.
Case History
Kasper pleaded Guilty to one lesser charge: Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers. The other charges are dismissed. Sentenced on 2/6/2024 to 37 months of incarceration; 2 years of supervised release; $2,000 restitution; $100 special assessment. Kasper 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
Case summary, charges, procedural updates and image are drawn from the NPR Jan. 6 archive snapshot dated 2026-09-25 unless otherwise indicated.