Federal authorities arrest Alex Kirk Harkrider in a Texas Jan. 6 case

Federal authorities arrested Alex Kirk Harkrider, then 33, of Carthage, Texas, in a Jan. 6 Capitol breach case. The case involved civil disorder, obstruction, theft of government property, entering restricted grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon, and disorderly conduct. NPR records that Harkrider was later found guilty at a stipulated bench trial, sentenced on May 23, 2024 to 24 months in prison and 24 months of supervised release, and later received a full pardon on January 20, 2025. NPR's public Jan. 6 archive was checked against the linked CourtListener / RECAP record before insertion.