Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 36
- Location
- Louisville, Kentucky
- Charges
- Entering and Remaining in a 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
Federal prosecutors said that a tipster contacted the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives about a week after the Capitol riot, and informed the agency that Michael Orangias stormed the Capitol. According to the tip, Orangias was an employee of KCC International, a company that installs heating and cooling systems in Louisville, Ky., and he took a vacation day, along with another employee, to travel to Washington, D.C. Federal agents then interviewed Orangias, who voluntarily provided videos and photos he took of the Capitol to the government. Court papers state that Orangias "admitted that he stayed in the entryway area of the Capitol building for approximately five to seven minutes before going back outside." The government reviewed surveillance footage from inside the Capitol and confirmed that Orangias was in the building for about five minutes.
Case History
Orangias pleaded Guilty to one charge: Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building. The other charges were dismissed. Sentenced 3/17/2022 to 36 months probation; 90 days home detention/location monitoring; $500 restitution; $10 special assessment. Orangias 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.