Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 31
- Location
- Adairsville, Georgia
- Charges
- Civil Disorder; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers with Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers; 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; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings
- Case status
- Pleaded guilty; Dismissed in part or full
Case Summary
According to court documents, Jacob Davis pushed against a blockade of police officers in the Lower West Terrace tunnel at the U.S. Capitol shortly after 4:00 pm on Jan. 6, 2021. After being rebuffed, he threw a long wooden board into the tunnel, which landed on the heads of the police inside. Davis was allegedly identified by his phone's location data, and through images captured by closed-circuit video and officers' body cameras. He was arrested on Oct. 17, 2023, in his hometown of Adairsville, Georgia.
Case History
Davis pleaded Guilty to one charge: Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers with Deadly or Dangerous Weapon. Sentencing set for 2/6/2025. On 1/23/2025, the court grants the government’s motion to dismiss the case with prejudice
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.