Robert Keith Packer biography: 13 things about US Capitol riot suspect from Newport News, Virginia

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Robert Keith Packer is an American man from Newport News, Virginia, United States. Here are 13 more things about him:

  1. He previously lived in Hampton, Virginia. (a)(b)
  2. He is 5’8″ tall. His registered weight is 150 pounds. (b)
  3. He has been always extreme and very vocal about his beliefs, according to a Virginia resident. He is an off-beat character who has expressed frustrations with the government, according to another source familiar with him. (c)
  4. He used to work as a welder and pipe-fitter. (c)
  5. In 2016, he was booked in York County, Virginia for trespassing. The case was later dismissed. (b)(c)
  6. Wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with the phrase “Camp Auschwitz,” he went to the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., USA on January 6, 2021. That day, Donald Trump supporters breached the building and disrupted a joint session of Congress to certify the vote of the Electoral College and affirm Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election. (c)
  7. On January 13, 2021, the Federal Bureau of Investigation‘s Norfolk Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested him at his residence in Newport News. The U.S. Marshals Service booked him into Western Tidewater Regional Jail in Suffolk, Virginia. (e)(f)
  8. On January 19, 2021, he made his initial court appearance. He was released on a personal recognizance bond with two special conditions. He was ordered to stay away from Washington, D.C. and to appear at a virtual hearing. (f)
  9. For his participation in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, he was charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and violent entry and disorderly conduct on the U.S. Capitol grounds. He pleaded not guilty to both counts on February 24, 2021. (f)
  10. On August 24, 2021, prosecutors said the U.S. Department of Justice had offered a plea deal to him at a court hearing in Washington, D.C. His defense attorney said he needed more time to discuss the potential plea bargain with him. (g)
  11. In January 2022, he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor trespassing charge. (h)
  12. On September 15, 2022, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols sentenced him to 75 days in prison. He was represented by Stephen Brennwald. (h)
  13. He was 57 years old when he was sentenced to 75 days in jail on September 15, 2022. Before this, he had around 21 convictions, mostly for drunken driving and other motor vehicle violations. (h)

(This is a developing story. More details will be added soon.) 

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4 thoughts on “Robert Keith Packer biography: 13 things about US Capitol riot suspect from Newport News, Virginia

  1. 150 lbs, long hair going to jail. Hope he makes a nice bride. His very image makes me sick knowing that this so called “American Patriot” represents the thinking of a segment of White America. This guy and those like him are fossils of prehistoric times, that somehow jumped the fence at Jarrasic Park. However, I know that his friends, family, neighbors and associates think he is being hfrom held for being doing his patriotic duty to preserve the way of life that they deserve, that they have known around them in their bubble of hate and segregated way of life and group thinking.

    Judgement for these folks will not come soon enough. The only purge of this vestige of thinking will come from the fact that death will come to everyone and at the end of this natural life will be the judgement of our souls true intentions will be measured.

    May you never rest in peace

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