Joshua Christopher Doolin, Capitol Breach, District of Columbia 2021

Joshua Christopher Doolin, a 25-year-old resident of Polk City, Florida, was found guilty of felony offenses related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. Doolin’s actions disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the presidential election.

Along with his co-defendant Michael Steven Perkins, 39, of Plant City, Florida, Doolin was each found guilty of civil disorder, a felony, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, and disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds. Doolin was also convicted of theft of government property. Perkins was also convicted of assaulting a federal officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon and engaging in acts of physical violence while on the restricted Capitol grounds.

U.S. District Court Judge Carl J. Nichols scheduled sentencing for July 13, 2023. Doolin and Perkins were arrested on June 30, 2021, along with their co-defendants Joseph Hutchinson and Olivia Pollock. However, Jonathan Pollock, another co-defendant, remains at large, and the FBI is seeking tips to apprehend him.

According to evidence and testimony presented at trial, Doolin and Perkins were on the west side of the Capitol on January 6. Shortly after 2:00 p.m., Hutchinson pushed from behind by Perkins charged a line of police officers in an effort to break through the line. Perkins then picked up a flagpole and thrust it into the chest of an approaching officer, raising it over his head and swinging it down, striking two officers in the back of their heads.

Doolin and Perkins then advanced closer to the Capitol building, as far as the Upper West Terrace of the building. Doolin acquired a Metropolitan Police Department crowd-control spray cannister and a United States Capitol Police riot shield, both of which he carried with him on the Capitol grounds.

The case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section, with valuable assistance provided by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida.

The case is being investigated by the FBI’s Tampa Field Office and Washington Field Office, with valuable assistance provided by the Metropolitan Police Department and U.S. Capitol Police.

Since the January 6 Capitol breach, over 999 individuals have been arrested on charges related to the incident, including over 320 individuals charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement. The investigation remains ongoing.

Anyone with tips can call 1-800-CALL-FBI (800-225-5324) or visit tips.fbi.gov.

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