Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 41
- Location
- Hedgesville, West Virginia
- Charges
- Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers; 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; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Parading, Picketing, or Demonstrating in a Capitol Building
- Case status
- Dismissed in part or full
Case Summary
Joseph Adams was arrested on Oct. 29, 2024, in Martinsburg, W.Va.
Case History
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.