Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 37
- Location
- Redfield, Iowa
- Charges
- Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Civil Disorder (2 counts); Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers (2 counts); Robbery; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Impeding Ingress and Egress in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Impeding Passage Through the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings
- Case status
- Pleaded guilty; Dismissed in part or full; Sentenced
- Presidential action
- Pardon
Case Summary
Federal prosecutors accused Kyle Young of assaulting a Metropolitan Police Department officer, as well as attempting to take "by force and violence, and by intimidation" an MPD-issued service weapon. Young was indicted along with two other men, Albuquerque Head and Thomas Sibick, on charges of assaulting a law enforcement officer. He was arrested by the FBI's Omaha field office in Nebraska on April 14, 2021. Young was indicted on charges related to their alleged assault of MPD oficer Michael Fanone -- an officer who on the day of the insurrection was knocked down, tased, and recalls hearing the crowd around him chanting, "Kill him with his own gun."
Case History
Young pleaded Guilty to one charge: Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers. The other charges are dismissed. Sentenced on 9/27/2022 to 86 months incarceration; 36 months of supervised release; Special Assessment of $100; Restitution of $2,000. Young received a full pardon on January 20, 2025
Sources
- Primary Documentation
NPR Jan. 6 Defendant DatabaseNPR - Primary Documentation
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Case summary, charges, procedural updates and image are drawn from the NPR Jan. 6 archive snapshot dated 2026-09-25 unless otherwise indicated.