FBI: Keene resident arrested in connection with riot at Capitol

By Mia Summerson Sentinel Staff Feb 8, 2021 Updated 1 hr ago



In this image he provided to The Sentinel, Jason Riddle is shown holding a wine bottle at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Jan. 6.

The Keene man who admitted he entered the U.S. Capitol building during the Jan. 6 riot in Washington, D.C., was taken into federal custody Monday afternoon.

Jason Riddle, 32, was arrested in Keene without incident, according to a news release from the FBI’s Boston division. His charges, as reported Friday, are knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds, theft of government property and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.

According to a criminal complaint filed against him in federal court in Washington, D.C., Riddle entered the Capitol building during the Jan. 6 riot, which started in the early afternoon and lasted through early evening, and stole wine and a book from the Senate parliamentarian’s office.

Riddle was scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Concord Monday afternoon, but that hearing was postponed until Tuesday at 4 p.m.

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