Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 47
- Location
- El Paso, Texas
- Charges
- Civil Disorder; 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; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
- Case status
- Pleaded guilty; Sentenced
- Presidential action
- Pardon
Case Summary
Video footage from the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, shows David Arredondo grabbed a police officer’s arm amid a “mob of rioters” and attempted to pull that officer away from a door so others could enter, according to an FBI statement of facts. The document alleges that surveillance footage taken inside the Capitol shows Arredondo spent about 40 minutes inside the building. Arredondo and two relatives flew from El Paso, Texas, to Washington, D.C., and spent several nights at a hotel about a half-mile away from the Capitol, according to records obtained by the FBI. He was arrested Oct. 26, 2022, in El Paso.
Case History
Arredondo pleaded Guilty to all charges. Sentenced on 8/8/2024 to 33 months incarceration; 36 months of supervised release; restitution of $2,000; special assessment of $305. Arredondo 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.