Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 53
- Location
- Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
- Charges
- Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Impeding Ingress and Egress in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Impeding Passage Through the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings
- Case status
- Pleaded guilty; Dismissed in part or full; Sentenced
- Presidential action
- Pardon
Case Summary
Five days after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, the FBI put out “Be On the Lookout” bulletins with pictures of suspected rioters whom the FBI was seeking. One of them was Barton Wade Shively. According to court records, three days after the bulletin was posted a witness contacted the FBI identifying Shively, who later that day contacted law enforcement himself and surrendered. Shively allegedly admitted to voluntarily traveling to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021, and confronting law enforcement officers. “I got caught up in the moment,” he told the agents. He said he struck officers several times and physically pushed the police line. Shively was eventually maced by the officers in the altercations. A Marine Corps spokesperson confirmed to NPR that Shively served as a Marine from 1985 until 1989. According to an interview he gave CNN on the day of the protest, he said: “The Supreme Court is not helping us. What are we supposed to do?”
Case History
Shively pleaded Guilty to two counts of Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers. The other charges are dismissed. Sentenced on 6/1/2023 to 18 months incarceration with credit for time served; 36 months of supervised release; restitution of $2,000; special assessment of $200. Shively received a full pardon on January 20, 2025
Sources
- Primary Documentation
NPR Jan. 6 Defendant DatabaseNPR - Primary Documentation
Underlying court recordCourt record linked by NPR
Case summary, charges, procedural updates and image are drawn from the NPR Jan. 6 archive snapshot dated 2026-09-25 unless otherwise indicated.