Blount County Man Charged In Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

BIRMINGHAM, AL — A 52-year-old Alabama man has been arrested and faces multiple charges related to hi involvement in the storming of the U.S. Capitol building Jan. 6. Gregory Lamar Nix of Blount County appeared in federal court Wednesday.

Charges against Nix include engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds, civil disorder, and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers with a dangerous weapon.

Court records say Nix was seen on security video using a flag pole to try to break through the East House doors of the Capitol Jan. 6, and using the flagpole to assault a police officer.

Special Agent Jynika Williams of the FBI is one of the investigators in the case, and said the subject of an ongoing FBI investigation identified Nix in a series of security photos from Jan. 6 in Washington.

"I have reviewed additional footage of these events, including surveillance video provided by the U.S. Capitol Police," Williams said in an affidavit. "While reviewing the additional footage from locations inside and outside the U.S. Capitol Building, I observed the subject identified as Nix outside the EastHouse Doors. I identified Nix in this surveillance footage based on his clothing, as he is wearing the same black and neon yellow hooded sweatshirt with what appears to be a small design on the right chest of the sweatshirt, as well as his facial hair, hair color, and facial features. Specifically,in one surveillance video, Nix is shown outside of the East House Doors located at the Southeast side of the Capitol Building. Approximately four minutes into the approximately twelve-minute video, at what I believe to be approximately 2:21-22 PM ET, Nix is observed attempting to breach the aforementioned doors by banging the end of a white flagpole repeatedly against the door or its glass panes."

Nix is the 11th Alabama resident charged in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol breach over the last 10 months. In all, authorities have arrested more than 650 people connected with the incident.