Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 31
- Location
- Union Beach, New Jersey
- Charges
- Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Entering and Remaining in Certain Rooms in the Capitol Building; 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
Marissa Suarez, a probationary corrections officer, used "an emergency holiday" to travel to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021, according to federal investigators. Video footage allegedly shows Suarez inside the Capitol building on Jan. 6. Text messages allegedly sent from Suarez's phone also suggest she was among the mob that breached the Capitol. "Sooo we’ve stormed Capitol Hill lol,” she wrote. The next day, Suarez sent a series of text messages describing the scene inside the U.S. Capitol: - "When we found out pence f***ed us, we all stormed the Capitol building and everyone forced entry and started breaking s***... it was a like a scene out of a movie." - "S*** was crazy inside.. everything was broken. People were flipping out." - "The smoke alarms were going off bc everyone was smoking pot and then people started drinking." - "The cops were spraying people when we went in so we were coughing like crazy shortly after that lol" - "This is one of the antifa f***s we found ... I actually saw a kid getting ready to throw a jack daniels bottle with some s*** in at the cops and I started flipping out on him and then I informed some of the military guys and they handled him." According to court documents, Suarez stormed the Capitol with another individual -- Patricia Todisco -- who is facing similar charges.
Case History
Suarez pleaded Guilty to one charge: Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building. The other charges are dismissed. Sentenced 7/12/2022 to 36 months of probation; $500 Restitution; $2,000 fine; $10 special assessment; 60 hours community service. Suarez 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.