Fort Worth man who wrote ‘Murder the Media’ on Capitol door pleads guilty

DeCarlo is one of roughly two dozen men and women from North Texas who were charged in connection with the insurrection.

According to plea papers, DeCarlo crossed onto Capitol grounds with Nick Ochs, the founder of the Hawaii chapter of the Proud Boys. Ochs pleaded guilty to the same charge as DeCarlo, documents show.

As they approached the Capitol building, it was clear to DeCarlo that access was restricted to that area, court documents say.

Ochs told DeCarlo, “We’re not supposed to be here, this is beyond the fence,” and DeCarlo said, “We’re all felons, yeah!” according to the documents.

When DeCarlo encountered a police line attempting to keep rioters away, he threw a smoke bomb at the police and told Ochs he “neglected to ‘pull the pin,’” according to plea papers.

After entering the Capitol building, he and Ochs stopped to take pictures of themselves smoking cigarettes in the crypt, which Ochs posted to social media. They traveled through the visitors center, east foyer, rotunda and statuary hall, the documents say.

DeCarlo wrote “Murder the Media” — the name of his and Ochs’ social media channel — on a door to the Capitol in permanent marker and posed with pictures with Ochs. He also took a pair of flexcuffs from a Capitol Police duffel bag, plea papers show.

After leaving the Capitol, Ochs filmed himself and DeCarlo on the streets of Washington and said, “As we’ve been saying all day, we came here to stop the steal.” DeCarlo added: “We did it. … We did our job.”

DeCarlo’s sentencing has not been scheduled.