Charles Bradford Smith

Charles Bradford Smith, also known as "Brad" Smith, 25, of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, coordinated plans with co-defendant Marshall Neefe on Facebook in the weeks before the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, writing as early as Nov. 4, 2020 that he was "getting ready to storm D.C." and telling another contact he had obtained a military-style knife to bring to Washington; on Jan. 6, he and Neefe pushed a large metal sign frame into a defensive line of officers on the Capitol's west front plaza and encouraged rioters to keep a door forced closed to trap officers inside and prevent them from responding. He pleaded guilty to two charges, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers, with other charges dismissed. He was sentenced to 41 months of incarceration.