Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 31
- Location
- Harrodsburg, Kentucky
- Charges
- Civil Disorder; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers Using a Dangerous Weapon, Inflicting Bodily Injury, and Aiding and Abetting (2 counts); Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers; 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; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon, Resulting in Significant Bodily Injury, and Aiding and Abetting; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings and Aiding and Abetting; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting
- Case status
- Pleaded not guilty; Dismissed in part or full; Sentenced
- Presidential action
- Pardon
Case Summary
The FBI identified Stephen Chase Randolph as the individual assaulting a U.S. Capitol Police officer in a publicly-posted video on Instagram. The FBI claims that Randolph, wearing a gray hat and a black jacket, was one of those who knocked over an officer as the crowd pushed past barricades near the Capitol. That officer, according to a federal filing, hit her head on the stairs behind her and lost consciousness. Randolph then allegedly assaulted two other Capitol Police officers, the filing says. Federal agents used an "open source facial comparison tool" to find a photo he was in on an acquaintance's Instagram account. Through social media searches, the FBI identified Randolph and followed him to work on March 3, 2021, noting that he appeared to be wearing the same gray hat and black jacket shown in the videos of the riot on Jan. 6, 2021. Two undercover agents then spoke to Randolph, who acknowledged being in the crowd at the U.S. Capitol and that "it was f****** fun."
Case History
Randolph pleaded Not Guilty to all charges. Bench trial verdict on 2/2/2024 finds him Guilty on four charges: Civil Disorder; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers Using a Dangerous Weapon, Inflicting Bodily Injury, and Aiding and Abetting; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings and Aiding and Abetting. Not Guilty on six charges. On 9/3/2024, the Court orders dismissal of the Obstruction charge. Sentenced on 9/19/2024 to 8 years incarceration; 36 months of supervised release; $2,000 in restitution; $310 special assessment. Randolph 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.