Nicholas Rodean biography: biography: 13 things about US Capitol rioter from Frederick, Maryland

Who is Nicholas Rodean?

Nicholas William Rodean is an American man from Frederick, Maryland, United States. The city is around 46 miles away from Washington, D.C., USA.

On November 3, 2020, Joe Biden won the U.S. presidential election, defeating Donald Trump. On January 6, 2021, Trump’s supporters breached the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. while a joint session of the U.S. Congress was certifying the vote of the Electoral College and affirming Biden’s victory.

Rodean is accused of joining the U.S. Capitol riot. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He has Asperger’s Syndrome.
2. He is a voice actor.
3. He is a vegan, an advocate for animal rights and an aspiring veterinary technician.
4. He idolized Trump.
5. He had a dog-walking business.
6. Aside from Frederick, he also lived in other areas of Maryland including Columbia and Sykesville.
7. He attended Hannah More School in Reisterstown, Maryland and Howard Community College in Columbia.
8. He volunteered at Glut Food Co-Op in Mount Rainer, Maryland. 
9. He worked at Glory Doughnuts & Diner in Frederick. 
10. He was an employee of Navistar Direct Marketing, a digital and conventional printing company in Frederick with full-service direct mail production servicing nonprofit, commercial and political clients.
11. In 2020, amid the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, he became fixated on politics.
12. He was the 15th intruder to enter the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
13. Charles Burnham represented him after his participation in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021 and his sentencing proceedings were attended by his sister Kimberly Rodean and their parents.

TIMELINE

2016

• On December 4, 2016, he donated $119.44 to Trump‘s campaign.

2017

• On January 20, 2017, he donated $119.44 again to Trump’s campaign.

2020

• In February 2020, Glory Doughnuts & Diner fired him.

2021

• On January 6, 2021, he entered the U.S. Capitol building wearing a Navistar badge, paraded a flag with the words “Trump is my President”, wielded a hatchet and smashed two windows with a flagpole and was photographed beside his fellow rioter Jake Angeli. 
• On January 7, 2021, Navistar Direct Marketing announced that he was terminated. In a statement, the company explained, “While we support all employees’ right to peaceful, lawful exercise of free speech, any employee demonstrating dangerous conduct that endangers the health and safety of others will no longer have an employment opportunity with Navistar Direct Marketing.”
• On January 8, 2021, the Federal Bureau of Investigation was informed by his lawyer Charles Burnham that he would turn himself in. 
• On January 11, 2021, U.S. Magistrate Judge Robin M. Meriweather signed a criminal complaint filed against him by an FBI agent.
• On the morning of January 13, 2021, turned himself in at the 2nd District precinct station of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia where he was charged with entering a restricted building, disorderly conduct in a restricted building and parading, demonstrating or picketing. 
• On the afternoon of January 13, 2021, a judge ordered him to be released and prohibited him from travelling to Washington, D.C. except for court appearances. 
• On January 29, 2021, he pleaded not guilty on all the charges filed against him due to his U.S. Capitol riot participation.
• On March 19, 2021, he was indicted.

2022

• On March 9, 2022, a superseding indictment was filed against him.
• On July 12, 2022, he was found guilty of the felony offense of destruction of government property, and six misdemeanor offenses, including entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a U.S. Capitol building; engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly conduct in a U.S. Capitol building; committing an act of physical violence in the Capitol grounds of U.S. Capitol building, and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a U.S. Capitol building.
• On October 26, 2022, U.S .District Court Judge Trevor McFadden sentenced him to five years of probation, including 240 days of home detention, and ordered him to pay $2,048 in restitution. 

2025

• In May 2025, he will turn 31.

If you have information about someone who participated in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, call 1-800-CALL-FBI or submit relevant photos and videos to the FBI.