A 32-year-old man from Yulee, Florida named Garth Nathaniel Walton was arrested on charges stemming from his actions during the infamous January 6, 2021, breach of the Capitol. According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Walton faces a range of charges including felony offenses of civil disorder and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers, with additional misdemeanors like entering and remaining in restricted buildings and disorderly conduct.
Yesterday, Walton, who was previously identified as BOLO (Be on the Lookout) #152, was apprehended by the FBI and appeared in the Middle District of Florida; this piece of information comes at a moment when more than 1,470 individuals have been charged for their involvement in the Capitol riot, over 530 of whom are facing charges for assaulting or impeding law enforcement. The FBI's Jacksonville and Washington Field Offices took charge of the investigation which led to Walton's arrest, with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida supporting their efforts.
Evidence against Walton includes police body-worn camera footage that showed his presence at the Capitol grounds on the day of the riot. Court documents indicate that around 1:30 p.m., Walton allegedly assaulted officers by pushing a metal barricade into them, later throwing a white pole in another aggressive act, as detailed in the case being prosecuted by the District of Columbia's U.S. Attorney's Office and the DOJ National Security Division's Counterterrorism Section.
The ongoing investigations into the January 6 breach remain a high priority for law enforcement agencies, specifically the FBI and the U.S. Capitol and Metropolitan Police Departments who have provided valuable assistance in the ongoing efforts to bring all perpetrators to justice more than 530 individuals so far have been charged with felonies linked to assaulting law enforcement.
