A photo-bombing suspect who posed with his feet up on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s desk during the Capitol Hill attack was found and arrested by federal prosecutors. Richard Barnett, 60, from Gravette Arkansas, faces several criminal charges, said US Attorney Kenneth Kohl.

Barnett is faced with federal charges, including unlawful entry into a restricted area and theft of items from Pelosi’s office, as part of his active participation during the violent D.C. riot on January 6 that left five people dead.

The feds identified him quickly after a photo of him went viral showing Barnett with his boot up on Pelosi’s desk, located within the US Capitol building. Barnett willingly turned himself in to authorities in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Acting US Attorney for D.C. Michael Sherwin said in a statement that his department is still arresting criminals who breached the Capitol daily.

“My Office, along with our law enforcement partners at all levels, have been expeditiously working and leveraging every resource to identify, arrest, and begin prosecuting these individuals who took part in the brazen criminal acts at the US Capitol," said Sherwin.

Barnett is one of ninety-one people arrested to-date after the deadly Capitol riot that left five victims dead.

As of press time, The Department of Justice has identified 170 people who have potentially broken the law during the armed melee. In a press conference, Sherwin’s investigators have already “opened over 70 cases…that will grow to the hundreds in the next coming weeks.”

Sherwin said investigators are focusing on a plethora of crimes, from “simple trespass to theft of mail, to theft of digital devices while inside the Capitol, to assault on local officers, federal officers both outside and inside the Capitol, to the theft of potential national security information or national defense information to felony murder and even civil rights excessive force investigations."

The D.C. Capitol police, however, have come under fire for only arresting 61 rioters from the day of the attacks, especially since arrests from prior, peaceful protests yielded many more arrests on the same day as the events.

In 2017, 181 disabled rights groups activists who peacefully protested the Republican attempts to dismantle the Obama Health Care Act were arrested; in 2020, 147 climate protesters were arrested, and in 2019, 133 LGBTQ activists were arrested during peaceful protests, to name a few.

FBI officials released a statement about the violent attack on the US Capitol, saying Barnett’s arrest is part of ongoing FBI efforts and "demonstrates to all individuals involved in January 6 incursion into the U.S. Capitol that the FBI will find you and hold you accountable for your crimes, no matter your location.”

The Feds have announced they are actively searching for and arresting more suspects and have already brought charges against numerous actors for weapon possession, assaulting an officer, unlawful entry, theft, and more.

If convicted, Barnett could receive up to one year in jail.