Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 52
- Location
- Benton, Kentucky
- Charges
- Inflicting Bodily Injury on Certain Officers and Aiding and Abetting; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers; Civil Disorder; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds; 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
The FBI says body camera footage and videos posted to social media show the owner of a used car dealership in western Kentucky, Clayton Ray Mullins, assaulting a U.S. Capitol Police officer on Jan. 6, 2021. FBI agents claim the assault occurred seconds after members of the crowd begged that same officer to help their friend, Rosanne Boyland, who lay injured and dying on the steps just outside an entrance to the Capitol. The criminal complaint accuses Mullins and others of grabbing the officer’s leg, which eventually led to the officer getting dragged down that set of stairs. The officer reported that the crowd stripped him of his helmet, baton and cellphone while also kicking him, striking him with flagpoles and macing him. He later received two staples at the hospital to close a head laceration. Court documents also claim that Mullins was part of a group of rioters who had pushed bicycle racks that were being used as barricades out of the way before spraying police with pepper spray and rushing toward them earlier in the afternoon. Mullins was identified in FBI photos by a bank employee who has known him for 30 years. A court document filed March 2, 2021, states that Mullins has no previous criminal history, but it calls him a “violent instigator” whose record of traffic-related citations demonstrates “disregard for the safety of others” and “a general failure to abide by rules and regulations.”
Case History
Mullins pleaded Guilty to one charge: Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers. The other charges are dismissed. Sentenced on 1/30/2024 to 30 Months of incarceration; 3 Years of Supervised Release; Special Assessment: $100; Restitution: $2,000 (Architect of the Capitol) and $30,165.65 (Metropolitan Police Department); Fine $49,764. Mullins 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.