Among the 1,500 defendants charged over the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, who were affected by President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardon announcement on Monday, were at least 19 Colorado residents who had either been found guilty and sentenced for crimes associated with that day, or were facing imminent court proceedings.  

Hats, jackets, selfies and social media posts and even tips from friends and family have all been used by law enforcement to help identify these Coloradans.

The below list is compiled from law enforcement news releases, reporting by The Gazette and the Jan. 6 database maintained by the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia: 

Rebecca Lavrenz, Falcon 

J6 Praying Grandma

On April 4, Rebecca Lavrenz, 72, was found guilty of all four misdemeanor charges for entering the United States Capitol at the “Steal the Vot…

Lavrenz, also known as the J6 Praying Grandma, was arrested in December 2022 after admitting to the FBI that she participated in the Capitol riot. Lavrenz allegedly identified herself from a photograph of the day. She was sentenced in August on four misdemeanor counts, and given one year of probation and six months of house arrest and a $103,000 fine. 

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Jacob Travis Clark, Colorado Springs 

Clark was sentenced to 33 months in prison in October 2023 for his role in the Capitol riot. He was found guilty of felony obstruction of an official proceeding as well as several misdemeanor charges. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a release that Clark was one of the first individuals to enter the Capitol, and that he was carrying a 2-by-4 plank and part of a mob that threatened police. 

Glenn Wes Lee Croy, Colorado Springs 

Croy faced federal charges for demonstrating in the Capitol and pleaded guilty in August 2021. Croy reportedly sent photos of himself in the Capitol. He was sentenced to 14 days in jail and three years of probation. 

Jennifer Horvath, Colorado Springs  

Horvath, identified during the investigation of Glenn Wes Lee Croy as his girlfriend, was also filmed breaching the Capitol. Photos released showed Horvath putting a hat and glasses on a bust of Winston Churchill. Horvath was sentenced to three years of probation and 90 days of home confinement. 

Tyler Earl Ethridge, formerly Woodland Park 

A pastor who graduated in 2017 from the Practical Government School at Charis Bible College, Ethridge, 34, was found guilty of six criminal charges relating to his involvement in the riot. Ethridge was convicted on felony counts of civil disorder and tampering with a witness or informant as well as four misdemeanor charges. Prosecutors said Ethridge removed fencing on the Capitol’s northwest approach. 

Videos filmed and posted by Ethridge show him in the Capitol Rotunda. Shortly after the riot, Ethridge lost his job as a pastor at Christ-Center Church of Tampa in Dover, Fla. 

Daniel Michael Morrissey, Denver 

Morrissey was sentenced to 45 days in prison after pleading guilty in 2022 to charges related to breaching the Capitol. Morrissey was identified through selfies taken in the Capitol and CCTV footage. 

Hunter Palm, Colorado Springs

Palm was indicted on one misdemeanor charge of disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds. Palm made several videos inside the Capitol as part of crowds that pushed past police officers. He was sentenced to three years of probation.

Timothy Wayne Williams, Trinidad

Williams was arrested in 2021 on suspicion of entering the Capitol unlawfully. He told investigators that he was “pushed” inside. Williams was identified in videos in the  Rotunda. He took a plea deal, pleading guilty to entering and remaining in a restricted building and theft of government property, and was sentenced to six months of prison, followed by six months of home confinement.  

Klete Derik Keller, Colorado Springs  

A former U.S Olympian, Keller was sentenced in December 2023 to three months of probation for felony obstruction of Congress.

Keller was identified by his unique Olympic jacket. Keller was filmed resisting officers’ efforts to get rioters to leave. Keller at one point called out to police “Why do we have to leave?” After exiting the Capitol, he then destroyed his phone’s memory card and threw away his Olympic jacket, according to the statement. 

Robert Gieswein, Woodland Park  

Gieswein was sentenced in June 2023 on two counts of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers. Gieswein marched with a group of Proud Boys before breaching the Capitol, where he used an aerosol canister of irritant to attack several officers. Gieswein was sentenced to 48 months in prison and three months of supervised release and fined $2,000 restitution. 

Logan Grover, Erie 

Grover was sentenced to probation after pleading guilty in 2022. He was identified in footage from the riot outside the Capitol and near the entrance to the Rotunda. 

Patrick Montgomery, Littleton 

The 52-year-old owner of a hunting guide business called Pmonte Outdoors, Montgomery was allegedly identified by the FBI at the Capitol through social media posts. He was arrested in 2021 on several charges including assaulting law enforcement.  

Avery C MacCracken, Telluride  

MacCracken, 71, pleaded guilty in October 2023, to felony obstructing law enforcement officers during a civil disorder. The Telluride man pushed an officer away as he attempted to enter the Capitol, then grabbed a second officer by his arm and jacket. MacCracken was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison, and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution.

Thomas Patrick Hamner, Peyton

Hamner was sentenced in 2022 to 30 months in prison for charges, including felony interfering with a law enforcement officer.Hamner engaged in a “tug-of-war” with an officer over a bike rack being used as a barricade and used a metal sign to push into a defensive line formed by officers.  

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Todd Branden Casey, Denver 

Arrested in August, Casey is facing charges including felony civil disorder and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers. Casey was filmed attempting to breach barricades set up by officers, at one point shouting “I would have come locked and loaded if I knew this was happening!” 

The statement said Casey also allegedly pushed and grabbed a police officer. 

Jonathan David Grace, Colorado Springs 

Grace, 50, pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement in October 2023. Grace attempted to push past a police line in the Lower West Terrace Tunnel entrance to the Capitol. The statement said that one officer in the footage could be heard “screaming in pain” as Grace and others smashed the officer between a shield and door frame. Last year, he was given 24 months in prison and ordered to pay $5,000 in fines for felony assault and resisting officers. 

Jeffrey Sabol, Kittridge 

Sabol, 55, was found guilty in August 2023 on felony charges including obstruction of an official proceeding and aiding and abetting, federal robbery and assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers with a deadly or dangerous weapon and aiding and abetting. Sabol brought items like a buck knife and zip ties to the “Stop the Steal” Rally preceding the riot, in which he assisted in dragging an officer down a flight of steps, where the officer was beaten with a flagpole and a baton. 

The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Sabol destroyed his cellphone and laptop and attempted to flee to Switzerland before his arrest. Sabol was sentenced to 63 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $32,000 in restitution.

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Justin Schulze, Colorado Springs 

Schulze was arrested in November 2023 along with Eric Zeis on suspicion of felony and misdemeanor offenses for the pair’s actions on Jan. 6. Schulze was allegedly seen with Zeis breaching the East Rotunda doors. 

Eric Zeis, Monument 

Zeis traveled with Schulze by car to Washington to attend the “Stop the Steal” rally. He was also allegedly identified in an open source video joining a group that pushed officers. Zeiz and Schulze were indicted by a grand jury last year, but had yet to face trial. 

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