A Florida man, Nathaniel Tuck, has been sentenced to 14 months in prison following his guilty plea to felony and misdemeanor charges related to the events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The sentencing was handed down by U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly on January 8, 2025. In addition to the prison term, Tuck will serve 36 months of supervised release and pay $4,000 in fines and restitution.
Tuck, a former police officer and member of the Proud Boys' "Space Coast" chapter from Central Florida, was part of a group that disrupted a joint session of Congress tasked with counting electoral votes for the 2020 presidential election. On that day, Tuck joined approximately 100 Proud Boys as they marched to the Capitol and entered its grounds.
According to court documents, Tuck and his co-defendants spent nearly an hour in the West Plaza before moving to the east side of the Capitol. At around 2:16 p.m., they breached a line of officers attempting to control the crowd's advance toward the building. Tuck was noted as having made physical contact with at least one officer while pushing past them into the Capitol building.
Once inside, he reportedly berated officers by calling them "communists" and remained in the building until approximately 3:12 p.m. After exiting, he posed for photographs with fellow Proud Boys members and later boasted about his actions in text messages.
In March 2021, Tuck communicated with his father about FBI investigations into other Proud Boys members, stating that “Politics won’t save us. Violence is the only way we will win.”
The case was prosecuted by both the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the Department of Justice National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section, with assistance from several law enforcement agencies including FBI offices in Tampa and Washington.
Since January 6, 2021, over 1,583 individuals across nearly all states have faced charges related to their involvement in breaching the U.S. Capitol. The investigation continues as authorities seek additional information from those who might have tips.
Anyone with relevant information can reach out via phone at 1-800-CALL-FBI (800-225-5324) or through tips.fbi.gov.