Former FBI agent from Bend indicted on felony charges stemming from Jan. 6 riot

Published 5:30 pm Thursday, June 1, 2023

A federal grand jury indicted a former FBI agent from Bend Thursday on felony charges stemming from his alleged involvement with the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

The Washington, D.C., grand jury accused Jared Wise, 49, of civil disorder and assaulting, resisting and impeding officers, both of which are felonies, according to a Thursday press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.

Wise allegedly called on rioters to kill police officers as they fought back against the mob that attempted to disrupt a joint session of Congress certifying President Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election, the justice department said.

Federal prosecutors say that police body camera footage shows Wise — who moved to Bend in June 2022 — shouting expletives as law enforcement was being knocked to the ground in front of him and that he said: “Yeah, kill ‘em!”

Wise was also charged with four misdemeanors that allege he entered the Capitol illegally, was being disorderly and disruptive, and picketed while “uttering loud, threatening, or abusive language … in any of the Capitol Buildings,” the press release said.

“You guys are disgusting. I’m former — I’m former law enforcement,” prosecutors allege he said to police officers at approximately 4:21 p.m., on the Upper West Terrace of the U.S. Capitol. “You’re disgusting. You are the Nazi. You are the Gestapo. You can’t see it. … Shame on you! Shame on you! Shame on you!”

Wise previously served on the board of Central Oregon Veterans Ranch, a local peer-supported therapeutic retreat outside of Bend. He resigned in May.

In court filings, prosecutors allege that Wise — wearing a blue jacket, a dark face mask and a dark backpack — entered the U.S. Capitol at around 2:23 p.m. through the Senate Wing Door.

He clapped his hands and raised his arms “in triumph” as he walked inside, the press release said.

Prosecutors say this evidence is verified by police body camera footage.

Wise allegedly walked through the Crypt and past the Memorial Door inside the U.S. Capitol before leaving through a window at around 2:32 p.m.

Wise worked as a special agent and supervisory special agent with the FBI from 2004 through 2017. He is one of more than 1,000 people from nearly every state who have been arrested in connection with alleged crimes relating to the Jan. 6 insurrection.