Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 24
- Location
- San Antonio, Texas
- Charges
- Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
- Case status
- Pleaded guilty; Dismissed in part or full; Sentenced
- Presidential action
- Pardon
Case Summary
According to court documents, Chance Uptmore and his father went to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021, as part of a five-day birthday celebration. In an interview with the FBI, Uptmore allegedly volunteered that he and his father had attended the Trump rally on Jan. 6 and then were on the Capitol grounds when the breach of the Capitol occurred. Chance Uptmore allegedly told authorities that his father had told him not to go into the building, but he went in anyway, and his father followed him in. The two were seen in numerous photographs and on CNN, the court documents say. A tipster provided the FBI with a screenshot that Chance Uptmore had allegedly posted to his Facebook account. In it, he described what he experienced inside the Capitol building that day. “If you saw it first hand you would have a different perspective,” he wrote, according to court documents. “The cops were saying Stuff like ‘we stand with you’ ‘thanks for being here’ ‘you made your point now leave calmly.’ "
Case History
Uptmore pleaded Guilty to one charge: Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building. The other charges are dismissed. Sentenced 11/2/2022 to 30 days incarceration, 36 months of probation, $500 restitution; $10 special assessment. Uptmore 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.