2 Florida Men Found Guilty Of Storming Capitol On Jan. 6: DOJ

WASHINGTON, DC — Two Florida men were found guilty this week of several charges stemming from their actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Joshua C. Doolin, 25, of Polk City, and Michael S. Perkins, 39, of Plant City, were 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 a grounds, according to the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.

Doolin was also convicted of theft of government property, according to authorities. Perkins was also convicted of assaulting a federal officer and engaging in acts of physical violence while on the restricted Capitol grounds.

Sentencing is scheduled for July 13.

Doolin and Perkins are among nearly 1,000 people who were charged when thousands of supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol where a joint session of Congress gathered to certify the 2020 presidential election results.

According to federal officials, Doolin and Perkins were on the west side of the Capitol on Jan. 6.

Shortly after 2 p.m., Perkins was among a group that charged a line of police officers in an effort to break through and enter the Capitol. Perkins also picked up a flagpole and thrust it into the chest of an approaching officer, authorities said, before he used it to strike two officers in the back of their heads.

Doolin and Perkins moved closer to the Capitol building near the Upper West Terrace, where Doolin acquired a Metropolitan Police Department crowd-control spray canister and a United States Capitol Police riot shield, both of which he carried with him on the Capitol grounds, authorities said.

By 4:15 p.m., Doolin moved near an entrance to a passageway that connects the Lower West Terrace to the interior of the Capitol building. Using the stolen shield, authorities said Doolin joined the crowd of rioters pushing against police officers in the passageway in an effort to break through and enter the Capitol building.

Doolin and Perkins were arrested June 30, 2021, along with co-defendants Joseph Hutchinson and Olivia Pollock. A fifth co-defendant, Jonathan Pollock, has not yet been apprehended, authorities said.

Anyone with information on Pollock's whereabouts can call 1-800-CALL-FBI or visit tips.fbi.gov.