Fairlamb, age 44 at his sentencing, pleaded guilty in August 2021 to assaulting an officer and obstructing an official proceeding of Congress. Theyve used controversial facial recognition software. EVANS, Derrick SANDOVAL, Deborah Charges: Knowingly Entering or Remaining in any Restricted Building or Grounds without Lawful Authority; Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct on . Cleveland Meredith Jr. received a 28-month prison sentence and Troy Smocks was sentenced to 14 months in jail after the two men separately pleaded guilty to that offense. Theyve watched hours of the evidence on footage from security and body cameras. HALE-CUSANELLI, Timothy Louis Of the 405 people arrested and charged so far, as the list of suspects continues to grow, 41 are from Texas. More than 1,000 people have been charged with crimes since supporters of then-President Donald Trump violently stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in an attempt to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election. While these numbers represent just a fraction of the criminal cases to date, they have already become a template for future sentences a foundation that is likely to solidify further as more and more cases reach their conclusion. Three have . SULLIVAN, John Earl HONEYCUTT, Adam Avery In March 2022, Greene was allowed out of jail and placed in home confinement until he is sentenced. At least 476 federally charged rioters have entered guilty pleas. Updated. By clicking Sign up, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider Large-scale killings and civil unrest primarily targeting members of the Communist Party (PKI) were carried out in Indonesia from 1965 to 1966. HEMENWAY, Edward $254 in restitution for theft of U.S. property, $500 restitution for violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. JENSEN, Douglas Austin SABOL, Jeffrey P. A majority of Congress have spoken out against the insurrection, and even Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who were both openly critical of Trump. Many defendants made menacing or threatening comments on social media and elsewhere in the days around Jan. 6, though prosecutors in both cases argued there were unique factors that distinguished the two men criminally from other rioters. ADAMS, Jared Hunter GRACE, Jeffrey WILLIAMS, Andrew Unlike others who were sentenced in connection to the riot, Reffitt did not go inside the Capitol. Court documents in the nearly 300 cases filed so far offer glimpses into the lives of the rioters. CALHOUN Jr., William Mccall Agents also are using higher-level technologies. Judges are not required to follow the recommendations made by either side, though they typically use them to calibrate a given sentence. DONOHOE, Charles BALLESTEROS, Robert PRESLEY, Ronnie Bryan REHL, Zachary Gracyn Dawn Courtright carrying a sign that reads 'members only' in the Capitol. Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. On the morning of November 10, 1898, a . It is regularly updated, and includes explicit language. GOSSJANKOWSKI, Vitali Most of them are voters. WAGNER, Joshua So, for example, if they were convicted of conspiring to obstruct Congress, the maximum penalty for each charge could be up to 20 years. MELLIS, Jonathan Gennaro (aka, Jon Gennaro) PEPE, William Property records show his address as Queen Creek, Arizona. An FBI document supporting the arrest of Kentucky resident Clayton Ray Mullins noted a Twitter group using #seditionhunters had dubbed him Slickback for his hairstyle. Since then, over 700 people have been charged - and most of them are from Florida. 0:03. More than 175 people have been arrested for their roles in the U.S. Capitol insurrection that left five people dead and more than 50 police officers injured. COUNCIL, Matthew as well as other partner offers and accept our. Other charges many suspects face include Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building and Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building. GRIDER, Christopher Ray And theyve arrested almost 300. WEEKS, Bradley At least 1,003 people have been charged in the Capitol insurrection so far. Write to Nik Popli at nik.popli@time.com and Julia Zorthian at julia.zorthian@time.com. GALLAGHER, Thomas MEGGS, Connie Gionet and . KUEHNE, Christopher FAULKNER, Troy Elbert The defense files a similar brief that is typically far more lenient than what prosecutors request. LYON, Robert Anthony VINSON, Thomas Roy FEE, Thomas Wilmington Insurrection of 1898. CAVANAUGH, Andrew In the seven months since a mob of rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol more than 570 people had been arrested . SMITH, Jeffrey Alexander (aka, Alex Smith) Capitol riots. (aka, Tammy Butry) Some have already been sentenced while . Below is a list of defendants charged in federal court in the District of Columbia related to crimes committed at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C, on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. A POLITICO analysis of every sentence to date in the Capitol riot shows that judges have been wary about imposing long prison terms except when violence, or the threat of it, was involved. BETANCUR, Bryan (aka Bryan Clooney, aka Maximo Clooney) BARANYI, Thomas CORDON, Sean Carlo Goelman, the former prosecutor, saysits unlikely any of the rally speakers or organizers will be charged given the evidence required to outweigh First Amendment concerns. Judges have a broad amount of latitude to impose sentences as they see fit. RAE, Paul Stay up to date with what you want to know. This is a project from NPR's Investigations and News Apps teams. He also tried to throw a speaker at the police, but missed and ended up injuring another rioter. LEFFINGWELL, Mark MEREDITH Jr., Cleveland Grover RUKSTALES, Bradley Head, 43, of Kingsport, Tenn., admitted that he grabbed Fanone around the neck and told the crowd around him, I got one! Head then forcibly hauled Fanone down the Capitol steps and into the mob, where Fanone was beaten, kicked, robbed of his badge and radio, and attacked with a stun gun. WILLAMS, Troy Dylan REEDER, Robert Maurice Youre shoving and pushingand participating in this riot for hours. Thompson apologized to the officer he hit with the baton in a letter filed in court. Multiple people died and four Capitol officers took their own lives in the days and months after the attack. She was outed in a New Yorker story, which credited the Twitter group Deep State Dogs with identifying Powell. George Washington University's Program on Extremism, according to Department of Justice filings, Merrick Garland told members of the Senate. Its a massive undertaking, said Aitan Goelman, an attorney with the Washington-based law firm Zuckerman Spaeder who helped prosecute Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. In addition to his 87-month prison term, Reffitt was ordered to serve three years of probation, pay $2,000 in restitution, and receive mental health treatment. Rioting at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Another count to watch: felony threat charges. CAPSEL, Matthew SHEPPARD, Alexander Florida resident Paul Hodgkins was the first person federally sentenced in relation to the attack. The committee released an 845-page report on Dec. 22, 2022 detailing their findings. ORTIZ, Christopher W. According to the DOJ, about 335 people have received sentencing in relation to the January 6 attacks, and approximately 185 have been sentenced to time in prison. He was sentenced in August 2022 to more than seven years in prison after a jury found him guilty on five felony charges, including obstructing Congresss certification of the 2020 presidential election, carrying a .40-caliber pistol during the riot, and two counts of civil disorder. There have to be consequences for participating in an attempted violent overthrow of the government beyond sitting at home, Chutkan said in October during one such sentencing in which she ordered a man to 45 days in prison, even though the government only sought three months home confinement. Many judges prefer to exercise this authority on only the rarest of occasions. This table excludes that charge, as well as other lesser sums. RODEAN, Nicholas Prosecutors said that Robertson, 49, used a large wooden stick to block the path of officers who tried to stop the mob and destroyed his phone when he got home. Three others have received prison sentences in excess of 40 months, two of whom Devlyn Thompson and Scott Fairlamb also admitted to assaulting officers. But federal sentencing guidelines can be influenced by other factors, such as the additional charges each rioter faces, their criminal records or how the government characterizes their role, said Michael German, a former FBI special agent and a fellow with the Brennan Center for Justices Liberty and National Security Program. Stay up to date with what you want to know. POWELL, Rachel Marie The bulk of the sentences to date have been for relatively low-level offenses. RIVERA, Jesus (aka, JD Rivera, Jesus Delmora Rivera) SCHORNAK, Robert The only states with more were Florida and Pennsylvania. Arrests are expected to continue given the more than 230,000 digital tips the agency received, but the flood of arrests in the weeks after the riot has slowed, dropping from 175 in January to about 90 in February. A pro-Trump mob descended on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and hundreds face criminal charges. KELLY, Kari Im pretty impressed with how quickly theyve identified and apprehended a significant number of the insurrectionists that were in the building.. By clicking Sign up, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider MADDEN, Dominic Two months and nearly 300 Capitol riot arrests later, FBI is hunting hundreds more. All Rights Reserved. Number of people who have pleaded guilty: Number of individuals who have had jury or bench trials: The percentage of people sentenced who have received prison time: The median sentence for those who received prison time, in days. Name: John Maron Nassif. FITCHETT, Cindy KONOLD, Felicia Sign up for notifications from Insider! Although he wandered away from his truck and never used any of them, his sentence is one of the longest yet imposed in the Capitol attack investigation. But judges can also go beyond the governments recommendation and levy an even harsher sentence, though doing so can invite additional scrutiny upon appeal. The Long Island DJ who recorded himself smoking marijuana inside the U.S. Capitol building was sentenced to three years and five months in prison after pleading guilty to all 10 charges he faced, including civil disorder and committing an act of physical violence on Capitol grounds. Supporting documents describe beatings of the officers with ax handles and lacrosse or hockey sticks disguised as flag holders and efforts to rip off their gas masks and other protective equipment. ADAMS, Howard Berton Jonathan Bonney, of Hayward, is charged with four misdemeanor counts . RODRIGUEZ, Daniel SECOR, Christian EISENHART, Lisa John Schaffer, a lifetime founding member of the Oath Keepers, was the first to enter into a plea deal and faces up to 30 years in prison, according to the DOJ. GRIFFIN, Couy ITV. MOSTOFSKY, Aaron Normally for right-wing extremists, it's two-thirds under . In April 2022, Florida Republicans accused Democrats of "insurrection" after state lawmakers held an hour-long protest on the state House floor to object to a congressional redistricting map. Once the team locates a person and confirms their identity, they put a package together with the persons name, address, phone number and several images and send it to the FBI. JOHNSON, Adam HILES, Jacob HARRELSON, Kenneth Prosecutors had asked that Reffitt be sentenced to 15 years in prison for committing acts of what they claimed as domestic terrorism, but Judge Dabney L. Friedrich rejected those terms. Chansley, age 34 at his sentencing, pleaded guilty to one charge: obstruction of an official proceeding. While she was inside the Capitol, Courtright, then age 23 and a senior at the University of Kentucky, took a photo of herself in a mirror and afterward posted it to Instagram, along with the words, INFAMY IS JUST AS GOOD AS FAME. She shared her participation in the riot on Instagram multiple times, and someone took a screenshot and reported her. Top editors give you the stories you want delivered right to your inbox each weekday. Federal investigators matched Chapmans Bumble profile to images of him inside the Capitol building. REID, William Rogan Steven Thurlow, a 50-year-old U.S. Army veteran from St. Clair Shores, was arrested in June last year in connection with the Jan. 6 siege. WEBSTER, Thomas Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger were the only Republicans on the panel. ROBERTSON, Thomas DECARLO, Nicholas CLARK, Matthew But for the AP, this, also, was not an insurrection. RUBENACKER, Greg Prosecutors said that Reffitt was involved with the Texas Three Percenters, a loosely organized militia movement, and sent messages recruiting people to accompany him to Washington on Jan. 6. MCCAUGHEY III, Patrick Edward Thats in part because many of those sentenced so far were only convicted of illegally entering the Capitol building, and were not involved in the more violent and destructive aspects related to storming the building. NICHOLS, Ryan VINSON, Lori Ann (aka, Lori Ann Utley) The penalties for conspiracy depend on the crimes suspects were conspiring to commit. The FBI seems to be going about putting the cases together methodicallyand making sure the more serious charges stick, Goelman said. Court documents indicate Greene, age 34 at the time of his plea, was among the first wave to rush up the Capitol steps after the police line was breached. Now, 31 . In his truck, investigators found a small arsenal of molotov cocktails, a 9mm handgun, a rifle, a shotgun, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, large-capacity ammunition feeding devices, a crossbow with bolts, machetes, camouflage smoke detectors and gas-filled Mason jars used to make napalm (a kind of homemade bomb). HEINL, Jennifer But as you know, even getting caught up in a moment has consequences.. In the latest in an ever-growing list of criminal charges brought against January 6 rioters, a Tennessee man was arrested on Friday for allegedly plotting to kill the FBI agents who were . Over two years later, more than 1,000 people have been charged. He was arrested on June 30, 2021. The FBI is seeking to identify individuals involved in the riots at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. IVEY, Bryan Wayne HOMOL, Dillon Paul There is a strong argument that anyone who was there that day deserves jail, Boasberg said. Other affected groups included alleged communist sympathisers, Gerwani women, ethnic Javanese Abangan, [1] ethnic Chinese, atheists, so-called "unbelievers", and . If you are too much of a coward to risk arrest, being fired, and actual gunfire to secure your rights, you have no words to speak I value.. Prosecutors said Rubenacker resisted officers who were trying to force the rioters from the area, swinging a plastic water bottle at one officers head and spraying water from the bottle. CRASE, Dalton Ray Court documents show Rubenacker, age 26 at his sentencing, engaged in a series of confrontations with law enforcement while inside the Capitol, and was among the small crowd that chased Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman up the stairs outside the Senate Chamber. ALAM, Zachary Jordan ASHLOCK, Ryan However they typically rely on a combination of standardized guidelines and recommendations solicited from both the prosecution and defense, in addition to their own intuition, to formulate a sentence. QUICK, Michael The FBI says a tip identified Thurlow as someone who . JACKMAN, Arthur SAMSEL, Ryan REVLETT, Jordan T The third person with such a sentence was Jacob Chansley, who did not engage in violence but whose visage as the QAnon shaman became an indelible symbol of Jan. 6. (aka, Nathan DeGrave) 2023 TIME USA, LLC. Rogers said it makes their search easier that many of the rioters didn't wear masks. KHATER, Julian Elie One week after Jan. 6, Chapman told someone on the dating app Bumble that he took part in the riot. In response to the arrests, a . More than three months after the January 6 attack on the Capitol, there have been hundreds of suspects who have been charged with the riot, with potentially hundreds more still to come. PRIOLA, Christine Williams, Anthony Robert On Jan. 6, 2021, supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol, injuring scores of law enforcement officers, forcing a . DAUGHTRY, Michael Shane LYONS, Kevin James Nearly three dozen have been linked to organized national extremist groups such as Oath Keepers and Proud Boys. HERNANDEZ, Andrew Alan Mark Leffingwell, was charged on Jan. 7, 2021, with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; assault on a federal law enforcement officer; and violent entry and disorderly conduct on . They share spreadsheets of their work. An assistant U.S. attorney said in court last week that no plea offers have been made. THOMPSON, Dustin Byron Many are waiting to see if the government brings more serious charges such as sedition or inciting a riot against any of the speakers or organizers of the rally before the riot. Judge: Name of the person who presided over an individuals case and handled the sentencing. JONES, Chad Barrett CANTWELL, Lewis Easton He must also complete 100 hours of community service. Among the roughly 275 people charged through March 3, theyve racked up more than 900 charges. Merrick Garland Must Follow Through With His Commitment to Hold All January 6 Perpetrators Accountable, How We Can Learn to Live with COVID-19 After Vaccinations. UPTMORE, James Herman (aka "Sonny") Among the hundreds of suspects who participated in a riot and attack at the U.S. Capitol building, 15 were from the Houston area, and dozens more were from Texas. MALDONADO, Steve Omar (aka, Emilio Maldonado) CIARPELLI, Albert A. CUDD, Jenny Louise Scott-Railton hopes their work will keep the attention of the American public on helping identify the remaining rioters. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is still looking for more than 260 individuals believed to have committed violent acts on the Capitol grounds. He pleaded guilty to possession of unregistered weapons and was sentenced to 46 months in prison in April 2022. MONCADA, Nicolas Anthony Everyone participating in the mob contributed to that violence.. NOW WATCH: One year later: Insurrection at the Capitol where are they now? ATLANTA On January 6, 2021 as lawmakers attempted to certify the 2020 presidential election results, hundreds of rioters took over the U.S. Capitol building. A new HuffPost tally finds over 20 GOP state and local lawmakers or officials were at the D.C. rally that turned into a violent insurrection. ADAMS, Jared Hunter ABUAL-RAGHEB, Rasha N. ADAMS, Daniel Page ADAMS, Howard Berton ALAM, Zachary Jordan ALBERTS, Christopher Michael ALLAN, Tommy Frederick BOZELL IV, Leo Brent Barnett, age 60 at the time of his arrest, faces up to 87 months in prison. Greene was the first self-identified member of the Proud Boysa far-right extremist groupto plead guilty to obstructing Congress and conspiring to obstruct law enforcement during the Capitol attack. POPE, William Alexander LEWIS, Jacob HOWELL, Annie Read More: For the Jan. 6 Rioters, Justice Is Still Coming. Pro-Trump protesters gather in front of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. George Washington University's Program on Extremism, bipartisan commission to investigate the Capitol riot, House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. STEELE, Laura During the trial, Reffitts son Jackson took the stand to testify that his father had become radicalized in the months leading up to Jan. 6, and had threatened both him and his sister in an attempt to dissuade them from speaking to authorities. BLACK, Joshua Matthew Stewart Rhodes, the founder of right-wing militia group Oath Keepers and Kelly Meggs, the leader of the organizations Florida chapter were both convicted of seditious conspiracy (the agreement between two or more people to overthrow the government) in November 2022 due to their roles in the insurrection. The vast majority of defendants were initially charged with additional counts that were either dropped by prosecutors as part of a plea deal or otherwise not part of their conviction. At least 36 arrests have happened in New York, 23 in Virginia and 22 in Ohio, according to the list. Coffman drove to Capitol Hill from Alabama on Jan. 6, 2021, in a pickup truck loaded with powerful weapons, and is believed to have been the most heavily armed defendant during the attack. Filter the table below by keywords in the search bar on the top left, and each column can be sorted by clicking on the header, or jump to the key. 978. Defendants repeated violent assaults on law enforcement for the purpose of overturning a democratic election warrant a significant term of imprisonment, Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Juman wrote in the sentencing memo. On several occasions judges have expressed misgivings about whether the actual criminal charge matches the misdeeds of the defendant. It took four hours to secure the building so Congress could certify President Joe Biden's victory.. Over two years later, more than 1,000 people have been charged. The groups search for unique characteristics in the plentiful photos and videos from the scene. Click on each name to learn more. KELLER, Klete Derik In response, the Department of Justice launched the largest criminal investigation in U.S. history. However, others also face more serious charges including assaulting police officers or conspiracy in relation to attempting to stop the certification of the election results declaring Joe Biden the winner. MCCREARY, Brian Meredith gave investigators consent to search his phone, along with his truck and trailer outside. Three other leaders and members of the organization were charged with other federal offenses and were acquitted of the sedition charges. Robert Gieswein, 24, of Woodland Park is accused of coming to the U.S. Capitol with a baseball bat on Jan. 6, 2021. In December 2022, the committee formally recommended four charges against Trump: conspiracy to defraud the US, conspiracy to make false statements, obstruction of an official proceeding, and inciting an insurrection. While prison sentences have been light for most of the defendants, judges have shown little tolerance for those who attacked law enforcement that day. MOYNIHAN, Christopher He was sentenced to 41 months in prison, with credit for time served, and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution for damages to the building. The strikes left 34 people injured, including three children, and caused widespread damage. The FBI discovered texts in which he threatened to assassinate Pelosi and District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser. The most serious of those obstructing an official proceeding carries a maximum penalty of up to 20 years. This table includes the names, charges, links to court documents, and links to additional stories of all the people charged as of February 13, 2023.Insider has since stopped tracking guilty pleas and the charges handed down to Capitol rioters, but other sources, like George Washington University's Program on Extremism, continue to keep track. Conviction of each of those could result in up to a year in jail. Four. Amongst the crowd were several . He was sentenced to 41 months in prison. (aka Brad Holiday) | Jon Cherry/Getty Images. Federal prosecutors were seeking a prison term of more than 17 years for Webster, 56, of Goshen, N.Y., who was the first Capitol riot defendant to be tried on an assault charge and the first to present a self-defense argument. STAGER, Peter WASHINGTON More than 125 people have been arrested so far on charges related to the violent insurrection led by supporters of President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol, where a Capitol police . NPR is tracking every criminal case stemming from that day's events. NORFOLK, Va. In the one year since the January 6 riot, federal authorities have arrested and charged 13 people in the Hampton Roads area for their . MONTGOMERY, Patrick Former President Donald Trump's lies about a stolen 2020 election united right-wing supporters, conspiracy theorists and militants on Jan. 6, but the aftermath of the insurrection is roiling two of the most prominent far-right extremist groups at the U.S. Capitol that day.. More than three dozen members and associates across both the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers have been charged with crimes. I wish the horrible events of that day had never happened, Webster told the judge. Robert Palmer was sentenced in mid-December to more than five years 63 months in prison after he admitted to swinging a pole at police and throwing a fire extinguisher and wooden plank at officers. You made yourself the epitome of the riot, Lamberth said in November 2021. At least 30 are veterans. MUNCHEL, Eric Gavelek Over two years later, at least 476 people have pleaded guilty in connection to the insurrection. FELLOWS, Brandon The country is watching to see what the consequences are for something that has not ever happened in the history of this country before.. PARKER, Sandra Ruth LOFTUS, Kevin After scaling a Capitol wall using a metal barrier as a ladder, Miller urged others in the mob to join him. The identification of Rachel Powell, the Pennsylvania mother of six known to volunteer researchers as Pink hat lady or BullHorn Lady, also attracted a lot of attention. Already the number of people who have been arrested, either by the FBI, Capitol police or local Washington DC officers has reached 235, spanning more than 40 states. Paul Hodgkins' case was the first felony sentencing stemming from the protests. VARGAS SANTOS, Hector Emmanuel But 26 months after . OWENS, Grady Douglas Traitors get shot, he told them, according to his son. STEDMAN, Patrick Here are their names. MEGGS, Kelly The charges theyve pleaded guilty to include assault on law enforcement and obstruction of a civil proceeding. Conservative social media posts misleadingly claim the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was not an "armed" insurrection, citing FBI testimony that no guns were seized from suspects that day . HERNANDEZ, Emily GORDON, Vaughn Beryl Howell, the D.C. courts chief judge, in late October said that prosecutors approach is almost schizophrenic given the cavernous gap between their characterization of the insurrection and the terms of the plea deals theyre negotiating. Guilty. In the search of Merediths trailer, the FBI found an assault rifle, a nine millimeter pistol and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. CAMARGO, Samuel In one filing last week, the FBI revealed it has a list of every cellphone or device authorized to be in the Capitol building Jan. 6 and is using it to identify owners of cellphones that pinged in the Capitol that day who arent on the list. FOY, Michael Joseph Update 5/2/2021: The Department of Justice originally listed Jared Adams as a defendant who pleaded guilty, but the DOJ later corrected its website to say Adams pleaded not guilty for his charges. SHALVEY, Dale Jeremiah An investigation was launched by a House select committee to look into the attackthe investigation ended in December 2022 and the committee has since been disbanded. SUAREZ, Marissa A. You didnt just come up and sock a guy in the face, Lamberth said at the sentencing. Updated at 3:50 p.m. WOOD, Matthew Videos from the Capitol riot show Fairlamb climbing on inauguration scaffolding, pushing a police officer into a group of people and punching the officers face shield. He faces up to 25 years in prison, although prosecutors plan to recommend a sentence of 41 to 50 months because he agreed to cooperate with law enforcement. MILLER, Garret This is a living database that will be updated weekly with new sentencing information, analysis and data throughout 2022. The collaborative volunteer effort sprang up in the hours and days after the riot. In addition, she has a year of supervised release following her sentence, will need to complete 60 hours of community service and must pay $500 in restitution for damages to the Capitol.