Morris Co. 'Proud Boy' Who Rioted On Jan. 6 Will Plead Guilty

ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP, NJ — A North Jersey man and Proud Boy member will plead guilty to a charge stemming from his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, according to the attorney representing Shawn Price. The Rockaway Township resident will admit to a charge that carries up to five years imprisonment.

Price will appear Friday in the Federal District Court in Washington, D.C., and plead guilty to obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder. The man was arrested in June 2021 — five months after the Capitol riot.

The Morris County resident held a leadership position in the North Jersey chapter of the white-nationalist Proud Boys from November 2020 to January 2021, according to the Department of Justice. Price attended multiple events and rallies with the self-described group of "Western Chauvinists" during that time.

Photographs show Price on the lower west terrace, helping push others forward into a line of officers, who resisted and tried dispersing the crowd, according to the DOJ.

Price was charged with the following:

• knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority
• knowingly engaging in disorderly or disruptive conduct in any restricted building or grounds
• violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds
• obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder
• obstruction of justice/Congress
• obstructing, influencing or impeding any official proceeding or attempt to do so, or to aid, abet, counsel, command, induce or procure the commission of that offense

The DOJ says Price sent Facebook messages the day of the riot that stated the following: “I led the storm!”, “[I] got really f***** up but me and 4 of my chapter brothers pushed that line and started it ourselves had to be done.”

On Jan. 2, 2021, he brought goggles, milk and other substances used to neutralize the effects of pepper spray and chemical irritants to Washington, D.C., according to the DOJ. Three days later, he sent his mother a message that he was "going to dc to have fun," court documents state.

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Price was involved in a violent robbery in Hopatcong in 2013, according to the DOJ. He was sentenced to probation in 2015 for terrorizing two people, court documents say. He previously lived in Hopatcong.

Called to action by then-President Donald Trump, thousands of his supporters gathered in the nation's capital to support his false claim that Democrats stole the 2020 presidential election. More than 2,000 rioters entered the Capitol on Jan. 6 as Congress attempted to certify President-Elect Joe Biden's victory.

So far, 919 people have been charged for actions related to the riot, while 396 pleaded guilty as of September. Five people died shortly before, during or following the event — one shot by Capitol police, another from a drug overdose and three via natural causes. Four officers who responded to the attack died by suicide within seven months.

One death linked to the event includes New Jersey native and Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick. The District of Columbia's chief medical examiner found that Sicknick suffered two strokes nearly eight hours after getting chemically sprayed during the riot. Chief Medical Examiner Francisco J. Diaz told The Washington Post in April 2021 that Sicknick died of natural causes, but "all that transpired played a role in his condition."