Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 39
- Location
- Spring, Texas
- Charges
- Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers; Civil Disorder; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding, Aiding and Abetting; Entering or Remaining in any 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 guilty; Dismissed in part or full; Sentenced
- Presidential action
- Pardon
Case Summary
Court documents claim Joshua Lollar, of Spring, Texas, tangled with officers during an unsuccessful attempt to pass through police lines deeper into the Capitol building. Prosecutors claim Lollar streamed footage of the Capitol riot live on Facebook, writing, “Sorry they are jamming the phones so I can’t do much about a live stream or uploading. I’ll do my best, it’s about to get spicy boi!” At a hearing, he told a judge he was unemployed, with 78 cents in his bank account. Army representatives confirmed to NPR that Lollar served as an infantryman in the U.S. Army from January 2002 to November 2009 and completed one combat deployment to Iraq from 2003 to 2004.
Case History
Lollar pleaded Guilty to one charge: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding. The other charges are dismissed. Sentenced on 5/22/2023 to 30 months of incarceration with credit for time served; 12 months of supervised release; $100 special assessment; Restitution of $2,000. Lollar 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.