Tyler Bradley Dykes is an American man from Bluffton, Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. He is a former U.S. Marine Corps member.
Dykes is also the founder of the Technology King of the Lowcountry in Bluffton. He is Scott Dykes‘ son.
For participating in the riot in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., USA on January 6, 2021, Tyler was charged with civil disorder and assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers or employees, which are felonies. He also faces seven misdemeanors namely knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; knowingly, and with intent to impede or disrupt the orderly conduct of government business or official functions, engaging in disorderly or disruptive conduct in, or within such proximity to, any restricted building or grounds when, or so that, such conduct, in fact, impedes or disrupts the orderly conduct of government business or official functions; knowingly engaging in any act of physical violence against any person or property in any restricted building or grounds; or attempt or conspire to do so; using or carrying a deadly or dangerous weapon or firearm during an offense; uttering loud, threatening, or abusive language or engaging in disorderly or disruptive conduct at any place in the grounds or in any of the U.S. Capitol buildings with the intent to impede, disrupt, or disturb the orderly conduct of a session of congress or either House of Congress, or the orderly conduct in that building of a hearing before, or any deliberations of, a committee of congress or either House of Congress; engaging in any act of physical violence in the grounds or any of the U.S. Capitol buildings; and parading, demonstrating or picketing in any of the U.S. Capitol buildings.
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From August 11-12, 2017, he and his fellow white nationalists participated in the Unite the Right rally, a protest of the planned removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. Marching with tiki torches, they encircled counterprotesters gathered at Thomas Jefferson‘s statue in front of the University of Virginia‘s rotunda in Charlottesville. Heather Heyer was killed and 19 others were injured during the encounter.
In 2018, he briefly attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, USA but dropped out. From 2018 to 2020, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a tactical air defense controller.
In January 2019, Federal Bureau of Investigation task force officer Cary R. Davis interviewed him regarding his potential ties to domestic extremist groups.
In November 2020, he was investigated in Sumter, South Carolina for painting swastikas on storefronts with the words “We are everywhere”.
Wearing a gray puffer jacket, a gray, textured gaiter and a tan Adidas baseball hat with black stripe running through the adjustable band, he went to the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021. That day, Donald Trump supporters breached the 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.
In December 2021, the FBI received information from an anonymous tipster that he had entered the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 and assaulted law enforcement officers.
In September 2022, the FBI received information from a confidential human source who provided photographic and video of evidence of him participating in unlawful activity at the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021.
On March 17, 2023, he was arrested in South Carolina.
On April 14, 2023, he was booked into the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail in Charlottesville.
On April 21, 2023, Albemarle County Circuit Court Judge Claude Worrell heard that he was recently accused of pasting swastika stickers on local businesses in Sumter and denied him bail.
On May 25, 2023, he agreed to a six-month active sentence and prosecutor Lawton Tufts pronounced his office satisfied with the term because he has no criminal record. Albemarle Circuit Judge Cheryl Higgins approved the plea agreement, under which the full term of the sentence is five years with five years of mandated good behavior and one year of supervised probation.
On July 14, 2023, U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui signed a criminal complaint filed by Davis against him.
He was 25 years old when he was arrested on July 17, 2023 in Charlottesville for his participation in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021.
If you have information about someone who participated in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, call 1-800-CALL-FBI or submit relevant photos and videos to the FBI.
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