Donnie Duane Wren

Donnie Duane Wren, 44, of Athens, Alabama, traveled to Washington, D.C. with his cousin, Thomas Smith, and climbed scaffolding erected for the presidential inauguration to reach the Lower West Terrace Tunnel of the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, then climbed a railing to the Upper West Terrace with Smith and pushed against a line of officers holding riot shields, leaning his full weight into an officer's shield to block the police from advancing; online researchers using the #SeditionHunters hashtag identified him by a company logo on his jacket. He pleaded not guilty to all charges; a jury convicted him on 5/5/2023 of three charges, civil disorder, assaulting certain officers, and entering a restricted building or grounds, acquitting him of four others. He was sentenced on 10/16/2023 to 12 months and one day in prison, 24 months of supervised release, a $225 special assessment, and a $2,500 fine.