Richard Zachary Ackerman

Richard Zachary Ackerman, of Salem, New Hampshire, with alleged ties to the New England-based neo-Nazi group NSC-131, participated in the Jan. 6, 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol, including the clash at the lower west terrace tunnel, where he threw a water bottle at police. During the riot he also stole a Metropolitan Police Department helmet, which he later affixed with an NSC-131 sticker and treated as a "war trophy." Ackerman pleaded guilty to a felony count of obstructing law enforcement officers during civil disorder and a misdemeanor count of theft of government property; two additional felony and misdemeanor counts, including assaulting police, were dropped as part of his plea agreement.