Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 27
- Location
- Unionville, Tennessee
- Charges
- Inflicting Bodily Injury on an Officer; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers; Civil Disorder; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings
- Case status
- Pleaded guilty; Pleaded not guilty; Convicted; Sentenced
- Presidential action
- Pardon
Case Summary
Ronald Colton McAbee is charged along with six others over involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Specifically, McAbee is accused, along with Clayton Ray Mullins, of assaulting an officer with the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police. According to the FBI, he was No. 134 on the bureau's seeking information photos, where he can reportedly be seen wearing a red scarf and red baseball cap. According to sentencing memos filed in court, McAbee worked as a correctional officer, followed by employment as a deputy sheriff in several police agencies.
Case History
McAbee pleaded Not Guilty to all charges. Found Guilty in a Jury trial on five charges on 10/11/2023. On 9/25/2023, McAbee pleaded Guilty to two separate charges: Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers and Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings. Sentenced on 2/29/2024 to 70 months of incarceration, receives credit for time served since arrest on 8/17/2021; Supervised release of 36 months; Special Assessment: $610; Restitution: $32,165.65. McAbee 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 - Supporting Reporting
NPR video evidence pageNPR
Case summary, charges, procedural updates and image are drawn from the NPR Jan. 6 archive snapshot dated 2026-09-25 unless otherwise indicated.