Andrew Taake biography: 10 things about US Capitol rioter from Houston, Texas

Who is Andrew Taake?

Andrew Quentin Taake is an American man from Houston, Texas, United States. For his participation in the U.S. Capitol riot in Washington, D.C., USA on January 6, 2021, he was charged with assault, resisting or impeding officers, knowingly entering a restricted building, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building and obstruction of an official proceeding.

That day, Donald Trump supporters breached the U.S. Capitol building while a joint session of Congress was certifying the vote of the Electoral College and affirming Joe Biden‘s victory in the 2020 presidential election. Here are 10 more things about Taake:

1. Aside from Houston, he has lived in other parts of Texas including Buffalo and Pearland.
2. He previously lived in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
3. He owns Hi-Flow Houston, a pressure washing company in Houston.
4. He is 5’10” tall.
5. His registered weight is 170 pounds.
6. He was born in 1988.
7. On April 25, 2008, the Pearland Police Department arrested him for intoxication assault with vehicle that results in serious bodily injury to another person and possession of a controlled substance. He was booked into the Brazoria County Jail in Angleton, Brazoria County, Texas.
8. On October 24, 2008, he was released from the Brazoria County Jail.
9. In 2014, he graduated from Houston Community College in Houston.
10. In 2016, he was charged with online solicitation of a minor in Harris County, Texas after he allegedly sent sexually explicit messages to who he thought was a 15-year-old girl but was actually an undercover law enforcement officer.

TIMELINE

2021

• On January 5, 2021, he flew Spirit Airlines from the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston to the Baltimore/Washington International Airport in Baltimore, Maryland, USA with a plan to attend a rally in Washington, D.C., USA to attend a rally.
• On January 6, 2021, he was caught on camera striking police officers at the U.S. Capitol building with what appeared to be a whip-like weapon and pepper-spraying them.
• On January 8, 2021, he returned to Houston.
• On January 9, 2021, someone who matched with him on the dating app Bumble sent the Federal Bureau of Investigation screenshots of messages he sent bragging that he was at the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021.
• On May 28, 2021, authorities positively identified him after showing photos of him to a FedEx delivery driver who had just dropped off a package at his doorstep in Houston. A black Toyota Tundra registered to him and bearing a Texas license place was found in the driveway of the residence.
• On July 15, 2021, he was interviewed by an FBI special agent, who filed a criminal complaint against him, which was signed by U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui on July 21, 2021.
• On July 23, 2021, he was arrested. He made his initial court appearance in the Southern District of Texas.
• He was out on bond for soliciting a minor in 2016 and the bond was revoked in September 2021.

2022

• In 2022, a member of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office‘s Fugitive Warrants Division requested federal authorities hold him due to his pending warrant in Harris County.

2023

• On December 20, 2023, he pleaded guilty to assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers using a dangerous weapon.

2024

In June 2024, he was sentenced to six years and six months in prison and was incarcerated in federal prison in Florence, Colorado, USA.

2025

• On January 15, 2025, a clark faxed a copy of a certified warrant to prevent his release.
• On January 20, 2025, he was released from prison in Florence after Trump pardoned him and around 1,500 other U.S. Capitol rioters.
• On February 4, 2025, a surveillance operation confirmed that he was staying at a residence in Leon County, Texas.
• On February 6, 2025, he was arrested after spending more than two weeks as a fugitive.