ABC News reports:
A suspected neo-Nazi from New Hampshire has been arrested in connection with his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection. According to court documents, Richard Zachary Ackerman stole a U.S. Capitol police helmet and affixed a sticker affiliated with the “New England 131” white nationalist group during the riot.
Ackerman flew to Germany in July 2021 and returned to the U.S. the following month, when he was questioned by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and admitted to being in Washington on the day of the insurrection, the filing said. He also admitted to finding the helmet but denied taking it home.
He also had a photo of himself wearing the helmet and confirmed to someone identified as “Aunt Jen” that he had stolen it during the riot. “I stormed the capital, & I grabbed a helmet off of the SWAT team,” he said. “I ripped a chair out of the office & circled it around… it ended up getting thrown at the police.”
From the Justice Department:
Court records say that Ackerman found a U.S. Capitol Police helmet and put it on. Later in the day, while wearing the helmet, Ackerman is accused of throwing a water bottle toward the entrance to the tunnel, where a line of police officers was positioned.
Court records say that Ackerman referred to the helmet as his “war trophy” and took the helmet with him back to New Hampshire. The FBI recovered the helmet from Ackerman’s home in June of 2022.
This case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the Department of Justice National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section. Valuable assistance was provided by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Hampshire.
So it turns out that this Nazi belongs to the same Nazi group named in the JMG post just before this one for menacing a drag show.
“NSC-131 is a neo-Nazi group with small, autonomous regional chapters in the United States and abroad, whose members see themselves as soldiers at war with a hostile, Jewish-controlled system that is deliberately plotting the extinction of the white race.” https://t.co/Uqz9J9XAb9 pic.twitter.com/CTiUWTrnOi
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) June 20, 2023
Richard Zachary Ackerman ARRESTED #StolenCapHelmet https://t.co/FsI9kyNDns pic.twitter.com/dwQffiSn07
— TheRealJ6 (@SeditionHunters) June 20, 2023
According to court documents, videos and photos captured Richard Zachary Ackerman putting on a helmet, which he says he found on the ground, and trying to breach the building via a tunnel. https://t.co/EaZI1L3mgL
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) June 20, 2023
#BREAKING: The #FBI has arrested Richard Zachary Ackerman, of Salem, NH, on felony charges for his alleged actions during the 1/6/21 breach of the U.S. Capitol, bringing the total number of people we’ve arrested from our area of responsibility to 25. https://t.co/ylR2pyVdxP
— FBI Boston (@FBIBoston) June 20, 2023
HAHA holy shit, it’s a bad week for NSC. New Hampshire NSC member Richard Zachary Ackerman AKA “Zack Parker”was arrested for his role in January 6, as well as for stealing a police helmet as a trophy. https://t.co/8L6FzjkKxh https://t.co/F6VPYav4zz pic.twitter.com/Tp8xtWUUfq
— Garfield but Anti-Fascist (@AntifaGarfield) June 20, 2023
One of Trump’s racist Jan 6 terrorists, Richard Zachary Ackerman stole the helmet of a cop & put a racist sticker on it. He lied that he took anything but his texts confirmed it. “I stole a SWAT Team officers helmet. It’s a war trophy.” He even posted a pic of himself wearing it https://t.co/TvMbibjYon
— LadyGhost #
(@GaryGage13) June 20, 2023