Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 39
- Location
- Columbus, Ohio
- Charges
- Destruction of Government Property; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Entering and Remaining in 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; Stepping, Climbing, Removing, or Injuring Property on the Capitol Grounds
- Case status
- Pleaded guilty; Dismissed in part or full; Sentenced
- Presidential action
- Pardon
Case Summary
“Jeez, man. You wore your company jacket into the middle of the insurrection?” That’s what Troy Faulkner's friend wrote on social media after the Jan. 6, 2021, rampage, according to court documents. Faulkner owns a painting business, and his khaki company jacket with “Faulkner Painting” and a phone number on the back can be seen in videos taken inside the Capitol. The person in the jacket, later identified by authorities as Faulkner, can be seen jumping up on a ledge and kicking in a shuttered window outside the Capitol and shattering it, to the crowd’s delight. Rioters slipped through the opening to get into the building. The video clip was still available on Facebook as of early February. A week after the siege, according to court documents, Faulkner allegedly called an FBI hotline and turned himself in. He gave his date of birth and his cell number, which matched the one on the back of the jacket. A local Whitehall Ohio police officer told the FBI that he had arrested Faulkner in the past. Local court documents from Franklin County say Faulkner pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed weapon. He was ordered to serve 14 months in prison in 2015. According to court documents, authorities found a text message from Faulkner in which he said police were antagonizing the crowd that day. “I believe it was all a set up for the Trump people,” he allegedly wrote. “I know I shouldn’t have kicked in the window. I was upset and wasn’t thinking rationally.”
Case History
Faulkner pleaded Guilty to one charge: Destruction of Government Property. The other charges are dismissed. Sentenced 11/3/2022 to 5 months incarceration with credit for time served; 36 months of supervised release; a special assessment of $100; restitution of $10,560. Faulkner 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.