EG
Eric Gene Barber
pardonJ6 / Capitol
Convicted of
Eric Gene Barber, a former Parkersburg, West Virginia city councilman who said beforehand he wanted to "go punch a Antifa terrorist in the face," wore a Kevlar helmet into the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, entering as sirens blared and glass lay broken, and made his way into a restricted hallway outside then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office. He also took a charging station belonging to a C-SPAN employee. He pleaded guilty to parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building and theft, and was sentenced to 45 days in jail (with a related 7-day sentence for the theft suspended) and 24 months of federal probation.
Original sentence
Sentenced on 6/14/2022 to 45 days incarceration; 24 months of probation; $552.95 restitution ($52.95 to C-SPAN); $60 special assessment. On 5/9/2024, Barber's term of Probation is revoked and he is remanded to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons to serve a term of 4 days with no term of Probation to follow.
Post-pardon activity
0mentions
0new offenses
No post-pardon activity recorded yet.
This profile updates automatically each day if Eric appears in the news.