Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 41
- Location
- Romeo, Michigan
- Charges
- Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers Using a Dangerous Weapon or Inflicting Bodily Injury; Civil Disorder; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Impeding Passage Through the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings.
- Case status
- Pleaded not guilty; Dismissed in part or full
Case Summary
“I’m on my way to Washington DC. To make sure Biden’s doesn’t become president,” Tim Levon Boughner allegedly posted on social media on Jan. 5, 2021, the day that phone records reportedly indicate he traveled from Michigan to Washington, D.C. For weeks prior, Boughner wrote multiple social media entries questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election and calling Joe Biden “stupid,” according to court records. Boughner first came to the attention of the FBI in the spring of 2021 when FBI agents reviewed police body-worn camera footage that allegedly shows Boughner assaulting an officer with a chemical spray. Subsequently, the FBI issued a BOLO alert for the then-unidentified Boughner. In addition, the volunteer group Sedition Hunters assigned a moniker to the person who federal prosecutors say is Boughner: “#blackpufferwhitescarf." According to the FBI, Boughner was identified by a tattoo of a five-point star below a dragon on the inside of his left wrist. At the end of July 2021, a search warrant was issued to a Facebook account that matched Boughner. The subscriber data provided by Facebook allegedly confirmed he was indeed at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. On the day of the riot, he allegedly posted: “I grabbed a can from them and started spraying. I got it on video lol …That was wild. We made it to the senate floor till National guard started fight back.”
Case History
Boughner pleaded Not Guilty to all charges. On 1/22/2025, the court ordered that the case is dismissed without prejudice
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.