Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 43
- Location
- Meadville, Pennsylvania
- Charges
- Civil Disorder (2 counts); Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers Using a Dangerous Weapon (2 counts); 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; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
- Case status
- Pleaded not guilty; Dismissed in part or full
Case Summary
The FBI received two tips that directed them to Jeremy Vorous' Facebook page, where court documents indicate he had posted several photos of himself inside the U.S. Capitol. In one, Vorous is wearing a shirt that reads "NOT TODAY LIBERAL" and is standing in front of a bust of Abraham Lincoln. Vorous also allegedly posted messages on Facebook during the riot, including one that read: "Yeah we in dis m*fo" and another that read, "We will take what we want." In an interview with the FBI, Vorous admitted to entering the building but said he did not go in to commit violence. Vorous told the FBI that a police officer took one of the photos of him standing in front of a statue in the building and that the officer was "nice and never said anything to him about not being able to be there or that he was trespassing." Earlier in the day, Vorous is seen on video yelling at police officers behind a barricade, court documents indicate, and calling them "cowards" and "p*****s." When interviewed by the Erie Times-News on Jan. 7, 2021, he joked that he might leave the country: "Peru is nice."
Case History
Vorous pleaded Not Guilty to all charges. On 9/6/2024, the court dismissed the Obstruction charge. Jury trial set for 4/22/2025. On 1/21/2025, 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.