Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 52
- Location
- Boyertown, Pennsylvania
- Charges
- Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers Using a Dangerous Weapon; 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; Obstruct, or Impede Passage Through or Within, the Grounds or any of the Capitol Building; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings
- Case status
- Dismissed in part or full
Case Summary
James Wayne Maryanski was allegedly part of a crowd of rioters who breached a police barricade at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Court documents state that Maryanski, who was in a black jacket with the words “Break Up Big Tech” on it, deployed a chemical irritant at officers. Later, he allegedly entered the Capitol building through a broken window. After the riot, he allegedly posted on Facebook that Jan. 6 “was a dry run.”
Case History
Status Hearing continued to 1/14/2025. On 1/22/2025, 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.