Another WI Man Charged In Jan. 6 Attack On U.S. Capitol

SPARTA, WI — A Wisconsin man is accused of participating in the Jan. 6, 2021 attacks on the U.S. Capitol, when Donald Trump supporters disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to count the electoral votes of the 2020 presidential election.

Charles R. Walters, 37, of Sparta was charged late last month with one felony count of destruction of government property and several misdemeanors including disorderly conduct in a restricted area.

Walters is at least the 10th person arrested in Wisconsin in connection with Capitol breach investigations. Read the entire criminal complaint filed against him here.

On Jan. 6, 2021, Walters was identified in several Facebook videos and body-worn camera footage from U.S. Capitol police officers as among a crowd of rioters on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol building, according to authorities.

Walters destroyed fencing near a police line by kicking and stomping on it and later climbed the inaugural stage risers and made entry into the Capitol building wearing a helmet and ballistic-style vest in a stack formation with other rioters, investigators said.

Walters remained on Capitol grounds until forced to leave by police "as darkness was falling," according to authorities.

More than 1,100 people across the nation have been charged in the breach of the U.S. Capitol. Nearly 400 are accused of assaulting or impeding law enforcement.

Visit the FBI website for more information on the investigations.