Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 24
- Location
- Beavercreek, Ohio
- Charges
- Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
- Case status
- Pleaded not guilty; Convicted; Sentenced
- Presidential action
- Pardon
Case Summary
Court documents say that in the course of the FBI's investigation into the riot at the U.S. Capitol, investigators found information that a device linked with a Google account allegedly owned by Jared Kastner was inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Agents then compared his driver's license photo to the images and videos from the riot, and allegedly found a match. They also looked at photos in his Google account, including one that shows him three days before Jan. 6, 2021, with the same "distinctive" facial hair shown in images of the riot: thick sideburns connected to a mustache and a clean-shaven chin. Kastner has been charged along with Luke Faulkner, and they apparently entered the building together, according to the criminal complaint. Surveillance footage allegedly shows Kastner and Faulkner in the Crypt of the Capitol, among a crowd pushing through officers that were attempting to hold them back. In addition to the footage, multiple records obtained by law enforcement show that Kastner traveled to an apartment in North Beach, Md., in the first week of January 2021 from his home in Ohio. Agents spoke with a person who lived in that apartment who said that Kastner and another person stayed there the night before the riot and said they were going into Washington, D.C., to attend the Trump rally the next day.
Case History
Kastner pleaded Not Guilty to all charges. Found Guilty on all charges in a Jury trial on 4/11/2024. Sentenced on 10/23/2024 to 5 months of incarceration; 1 year of Supervised Release; $70 Special Assessment. Kastner 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.