Marine vet from Kansas City pleads guilty to Jan. 6 charge

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Marine seasoned from Kansas City pleaded blameworthy successful national tribunal Tuesday to a complaint connected with his engagement successful the Jan. 6 riots astatine the U.S. Capitol.

Carey Walden pleaded blameworthy to knowingly entering oregon remaining successful immoderate restricted gathering oregon grounds without lawful authority. A national justice acceptable a sentencing day of Jan. 19, 2022.

Walden's blameworthy plea comes aft helium was charged successful June with knowingly entering oregon remaining successful immoderate restricted gathering oregon grounds without lawful authority, disorderly oregon disruptive behaviour and parading, demonstrating, oregon picketing successful immoderate of the Capitol buildings.

According to the plea agreement, Walden admitted that helium attended the Jan. 6 "Save America" rally connected the National Mall attended by then-President Donald Trump. He past admitted to walking to the Capitol, wherever helium climbed a partition to participate the building.

Walden besides admitted to entering the Capitol done a previously-broken window. He past said helium spent astir 10 minutes wrong the building.

“I took pictures and video. I did not interruption anything. The constabulary were contiguous and I was not asked to leave. I fist-bumped and ‘Devil horned’ the swat line,” Walden wrote successful an relationship of his information successful the riot, according to tribunal documents.

Walden is the 3rd Kansas City-area suspect to plead blameworthy successful transportation to the Jan. 6 riot. Earlier this fall, Esther Schwemmer and Jennifer Parks, some from Leavenworth, Kansas, pleaded blameworthy to parading, demonstrating oregon picketing successful a Capitol building.

Several different Kansas City-area defendants person been charged successful transportation to the Jan. 6 riots. Their cases are ongoing.

This communicative was primitively published by Sam Hartle and Jack Anstine connected Scripps presumption KSHB successful Kansas City, Missouri.