Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 45
- Location
- Oregon, Ohio
- Charges
- Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Entering and Remaining in the Gallery of Congress; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
- Case status
- Pleaded guilty; Sentenced
- Presidential action
- Pardon
Case Summary
In late 2021, the FBI used a search warrant to identify cell phones whose location data came back as having been inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Specifically, the FBI was looking for numbers with the area codes of Toledo, Ohio. That search brought them to Joshua Coker, and the bureau then used facial recognition technology to identify him among the rioters, federal court records state. Coker can allegedly be seen on surveillance footage entering the Capitol at 2:13 pm and exiting at 2:54 pm.
Case History
Coker pleaded Guilty to one charge: Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds. Sentenced on 5/24/2024 to 36 Months of Probation; home detention for 8 Months; Special Assessment of $25; Restitution in the amount of $500. Coker 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
Case summary, charges, procedural updates and image are drawn from the NPR Jan. 6 archive snapshot dated 2026-09-25 unless otherwise indicated.