FBI arrests 2nd Maine resident linked to Jan. 6 Capitol riot
FBI agents charged a Gorham man this week with taking part in the deadly riot and storming of the U.S. Capitol that sent lawmakers fleeing and injured dozens of police officers on Jan. 6.
Nicholas Patrick Hendrix, 34, turned himself in to law enforcement Thursday and faces four charges in U.S. District Court in Portland for allegedly entering the Capitol along with hundreds of others who stormed the building, forcing lawmakers to flee, after former President Donald Trump urged the crowd to keep fighting to overturn the election results.
Hendrix is the third man with Maine ties, and second Maine resident, to face federal charges resulting from the riot. They are among the more than 400 people charged in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection.
FBI agents received an online tip Jan. 11 about Hendrix talking about his experience at the Capitol. The tipster said Hendrix was showing video footage he took that day and told people he had been pepper-sprayed, indicating that he was close to the building.
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Nicholas P. Hendrix, 34, in a photograph investigators say was found on Hendrix’s phone from the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Photo courtesy of FBI