WASHINGTON D.C., DC — A Tontitown man indicted for his involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot pleaded guilty on Friday and now awaits sentencing.
David Michael Camden was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on July 1, 2024. According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), Camden originally faced six charges related to the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
On Sept. 27, Camden took a plea deal and pleaded guilty to assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers, which is a Class C felony.
Camden will now be sentenced on Jan. 10, 2025. The plea agreement filing suggests the violation carries a maximum penalty of up to eight years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
According to court documents, an FBI agent spotted a subject, who was later identified as Camden, among a group of rioters on the Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021.
Nearly 20 minutes after rioters breached the Capitol at around 1:20 p.m., the agent alleges that bodycam footage captured Camden yelling at officers and pushing a bike rack barricade — which was intended to separate officers and rioters — in an "apparent attempt to breach the police line at this location."
Officers responded by deploying a chemical irritant toward him, but despite this, Camden stayed on the Capitol grounds and reportedly continued to riot.
Documents say Camden was seen on surveillance cameras on the West Front of the Capitol grounds at around 2:11 p.m. deploying a fire extinguisher toward a line of police officers.
He then allegedly climbed a media tower on the West Front and waived a "Three Percenters" flag, which court documents say is "an American far-right anti-government militia."
Through interviews and public records, the FBI identified the rioter as Camden in March 2023.
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