Data

The data for this report are from two sources. The population of cases was identified using The DOJ’s dataset of January 6 cases. This lists 514 cases, 363 of which are related to a complaint of a felony offense.

The source for information on sentencing is the Federal Judicial Center’s (FJC) Integrated Database (IDB). The last update to the criminal defendants dataset was on September 30, 2022.

Summary

Frequency of filing offenses

Title Frequency
18:1752.P 43
40:5104E.M 37
18:231.F 28
18:13-9999.F 25
18:1512C.F 24
18:111.F 21
18:875C.F 3
18:1512K.F 2
18:1361.F 1
18:1512A.F 1
18:2111.F 1
18:371.F 1

Dispositions

42 defendants have been convicted of a felony offense and sentenced. Their case dispositions are below.

Sentences

80% of those 42 defendants received 54.2 months or less. 6 of them received no prison time. The longest sentence so far is 10 years .

Of the 43 felony convictions, we have received and read the transcripts for 26. We determined whether each offense was violent or destructive by reading the statement of offense or sentencing hearing transcript. By violence, we mean physical assault on a person. We do not consider threats alone to be violent. By destruction, we mean any damage to physical property. 21 of the convictions are for a violent offense. 3 are for a destructive, nonviolent offense. 25 of the felony convictions resulted from plea agreements that contain a reservation about 3A1.4 note 4.

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A review of the sentencing hearing transcripts, and in some cases the sentencing memoranda, revealed the sentencing guidelines as stated by the court for 24 of these cases. 8 of them received a sentence at the bottom of the range and 6 of them received a below-guidelines sentence.

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Notes on Individual Cases

The cases for all the convicted and sentenced felons are below. Where available, click the defendant name for the transcript summary and the case number for the transcript itself. We found that Guy Reffitt’s case was the only one where the government requested a terrorism enhancement. The judge denied hat request to avoid a sentencing disparity with the other capitol breach cases, since no others have received a terrorism enhancement. The cases whose sentencing hearings have contentious discussion about terrorism enhancements or sentencing trends for the January 6th cases are highlighted in red.
Name Case Number Violent Destructive 3A1.4 Prison Time
AYRES, Stephen Michael 1:21-cr-156 No No 0 0
BLAIR, David Alan 1:21-cr-186 Yes No 1 5
CHANSLEY, Jacob Anthony (aka Jacob Angeli) 1:21-cr-3 No No 1 41
COOKE, Nolan B. 1:22-cr-52 Yes Yes 1 12
CORTEZ, Christian 1:21-cr-317 No No 1 4
EHRKE, Valerie Elaine 1:21-cr-97 No No 0 0
EVANS, Derrick 1:21-cr-337 No No 1 3
FAIRLAMB, Scott Kevin 1:21-cr-120 Yes No 1 41
FITCHETT, Cindy 1:21-cr-41 No No 0 0
FRACKER, Jacob 1:21-cr-34 No No 0 0
GALLAGHER, Thomas 1:21-cr-41 No No 0 0
GRISWOLD, Andrew 1:21-cr-459 No No 1 2
HALE-CUSANELLI, Timothy Louis 1:21-cr-37 No No 48
HAMNER, Thomas Patrick 1:21-cr-689 Yes No 30
HEAD, Albuquerque Cosper 1:21-cr-291 Yes No 1 90
HODGKINS, Paul Allard 1:21-cr-188 No No 1 8
JOHNSON, Daniel 21-cr-407 No No 1 NA
LANGUERAND, Nicholas 21-cr-353 Yes No 1 44
MATTICE, Cody 1:21-cr-657 Yes No 1 44
MAULT, James Phillip 1:21-cr-657 Yes No 1 44
MEREDITH Jr., Cleveland Grover 1:21-cr-159 No No 28
MICHETTI, Richard 1:21-cr-232 1 9
MILLER, Matthew Ryan 1:21-cr-75 Yes No 1 33
NEEFE, Marshall 1:21-cr-567 Yes No 1 41
PALMER, Robert Scott 1:21-cr-328 Yes No 1 63
PONDER, Mark 1:21-cr-259 Yes No 1 63
PRUITT, Joshua 1:21-cr-23 No Yes 1 55
REEDER, Robert Maurice 1:21-cr-166 No No 0 3
REFFITT, Guy Wesley 1:21-cr-32 No Yes 87
RICHARDSON, Howard 1:21-cr-193 Yes Yes 1 46
ROBERTSON, Thomas 1:21-cr-34 Yes No 87
ROMERO, Moises 1:21-cr-677 1 12
RUBENACKER, Greg 1:21-cr-193 Yes No 41
RUKSTALES, Bradley 1:21-cr-41 No Yes 0 1
SIMON, Mark 1:21-cr-67 No No 0 1
SMOCKS, Troy Anthony 1:21-cr-198 No No 1 14
SWEET, Douglas 1:21-cr-41 No No 0 0
THOMPSON, Devlyn 1:21-cr-461 Yes No 1 46
WEBSTER, Thomas 1:21-cr-208 Yes No 120
WILLDEN, Ricky C. 1:21-cr-423 Yes No 1 24
WILLIAMS, Anthony Robert 1:21-cr-377 Yes No 60
WILSON, Duke Edward 1:21-cr-345 Yes No 51
YOUNG, Kyle 21-cr-291 Yes No 1 86

Plea Agreements

Of 444 plea agreements listed for Capitol Breach Cases on the DOJ website, 131 include language reserving the right of the government to request an upward departure pursuant to USSC Guidelines Manual Section 3A1.4 note 4. To the best of our knowledge, the government exercised this right in only one case. 25 of the pleas with this reservation resulted in a felony conviction.

Reserved 3A1.4 Offense Level Felony Conviction Count
FALSE Class A Misdemeanor FALSE 80
FALSE Felony FALSE 16
FALSE Felony TRUE 10
FALSE NA FALSE 207
TRUE Class A Misdemeanor FALSE 7
TRUE Felony FALSE 41
TRUE Felony TRUE 25
TRUE Petty Offense FALSE 3
TRUE NA FALSE 55