Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 22
- Location
- Cherryville, North Carolina
- Charges
- Civil Disorder; Assaulting, Resisting or Impeding Certain Officers Using a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; 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
Two family members identified Grayson Sherrill to the FBI as being inside the U.S. Capitol during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021. The FBI also identified Sherrill in security footage from the building and in a photograph taken by photojournalist Saul Loeb in which Sherrill poses inside the Capitol on Jan. 6 in a "Keep America Great" sweatshirt next to a statue of Dwight D. Eisenhower. In the photo, he also appears to be "carrying a long, cylindrical-shaped object, approximately two to three feet long in his left hand," according to court documents.
Case History
Sherrill pleaded Guilty to lesser offense of Assaulting, Resisting or Impeding Certain Officers. The other charges are dismissed. Sentenced on 5/5/2023 to 7 months incarceration; 12 months supervised release; Special Assessment of $100; Restitution of $2,000. Sherrill 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 - Supporting Reporting
NPR video evidence pageNPR
Case summary, charges, procedural updates and image are drawn from the NPR Jan. 6 archive snapshot dated 2026-09-25 unless otherwise indicated.