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Tricia LaCount

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Tricia LaCount is a Tulsa, Oklahoma woman whose January 6 case ended in probation after prosecutors asked a federal judge for 60 days in jail. The judge said no to the jail time. THEIR ACCOUNT: Her defense told the court she "even gave a bottle of water to an officer to help him rinse his teargassed eyes." Her attorney put it plainly: "It is safe to say that of all the people who entered the Capitol building that day, Ms. LaCount's actions were at the very bottom rung of criminality." (Law&Crime, quoting the defense filing) A bottle of water for a man with tear gas in his eyes. That is in her court file. FACT, per her signed statement of offense: She traveled from Oklahoma to Washington, D.C. and entered the Capitol through the Senate Wing door at about 2:16 p.m. She walked through the Crypt, Statuary Hall and the Rotunda and left through the Rotunda doors at about 3:30 p.m. She admitted she knew she had no authority to be there. FACT: A Facebook friend of fifteen years tipped off the FBI after she shared videos on Facebook. She was not caught by a watch list. She was turned in by a friend. WHERE THINGS STAND: FACT: Complaint filed April 11, 2023. Arrested April 18, 2023. FACT: In July 2024 Tricia LaCount pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, and the other counts were dismissed. FACT: On Tuesday, November 26, 2024, U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton sentenced her to three years of probation. Prosecutors had asked for 60 days behind bars. FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. The Tulsa World counted at least fifteen people with Oklahoma ties affected. No felony. No weapon. No assault. One misdemeanor, one bottle of water, and a judge who said no to jail. CASE RECORD Case No. 1:23-cr-00386-RBW (originally magistrate case 23-mj-00080). U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Judge: Reggie B. Walton Hometown: Tulsa, per KJRH and the Tulsa World (News On 6 reported Afton) Arrested: April 18, 2023 Pleaded guilty: July 2024, one misdemeanor count, 18 U.S.C. § 1752(a)(1) Sentenced: November 26, 2024, three years probation Status: covered by the January 20, 2025 clemency proclamation. DOJ record: justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/lacount-tricia This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.