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Joshua Dillon Haynes
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Joshua Dillon Haynes is a Covington, Virginia man whose January 6 case drew coverage from his hometown paper, The Roanoke Times. Here's the record. Haynes was arrested July 1, 2021 (FACT, per DOJ), and WUSA9 reported that a friend told investigators Haynes said he wanted to get busted (THEIR ACCOUNT, per WUSA9, attributed to a witness statement in charging documents). A superseding indictment followed May 16, 2022. Joshua Dillon Haynes pleaded guilty October 28, 2022 to felony charges, and was sentenced February 3, 2023 to 32 months' incarceration, 36 months' supervised release, a $200 special assessment, and $2,000 restitution (FACT, per DOJ record). On January 20, 2025, President Trump's clemency proclamation covered the January 6 prosecutions. Case record: 1:21-cr-594, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested 7/1/21. Superseding indictment 5/16/22. Pleaded guilty 10/28/22. Sentenced 2/3/23. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.
The case file
On the record
- Case number
- 1:21-cr-594
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Initially filed as Case # 21-mj-489 Arrested 7/1/21 Initial hearing held 7/8/21 Superseding indictment 5/16/22 Pleaded guilty 10/28/22 Sentenced 2/3/23 Sentenced to 32 months incarceration, 36 months supervised release, special assesment $200, restitution $2,000
- Arrested
- July 1, 2021
- Plea
- October 28, 2022
- Sentenced
- February 3, 2023
Charges
- Unlawful Entry on Restricted Grounds, Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct
- Acts of Physical Violence on Capitol Grounds
- Obstruction of an Official Proceeding
- Destruction of Property in Special Maritime and Territorial Jurisdiction
- Violent Entry or Disorderly Conduct
- Act of Physical Violence on Grounds
- Parade, Demonstrate, or Picket in any of the Capitol Buildings
Sentence
Sentenced to 32 months incarceration, 36 months supervised release, special assesment $200, restitution $2,000
Press & news
- https://roanoke.com/news/local/covington-man-charged-in-capitol-riot/article_fcadc5cc-daaf-11eb-b58a-e74eca39b4b8.html →
- https://roanoke.com/news/local/covington-man-gets-32-months-in-prison-for-his-role-in-the-u-s-capitol/article_49662800-a34f-11ed-b3e6-d3ac087e0627.html →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/haynes-joshua-dillon →
- https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/virginia-man-who-told-friend-i-want-to-get-busted-pleads-guilty-in-capitol-riot-case-joshua-haynes-covington/65-f1ff0e44-fc1c-464a-887d-f26d044d7cf9 →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Joshua Dillon Haynes appears in the record of United States v. Nichols. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
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