Former OKC Thunder Employee Sentenced For Jan. 6 Insurrection Participation

A federal judge sentenced an Oklahoma woman who pleaded guilty to participating in the January 6 insurrection at the United States Capitol to probation and fine today. Danielle Nicole Doyle pleaded guilty this summer to one count of 'parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building.'

Doyle is one of six Oklahomans to be charged so far in the riot and one of more than 650 across the country. She was the first from Oklahoma to reach a plea agreement and Friday, became the first to be sentenced.

The insurrection, which attempted to prevent Congress from certifying President Biden's electoral victory, left five people dead and caused more than $1.4 million in damage to the Capitol.

Irven Box, Doyle's attorney, traveled to Washington for the hearing, with hopes that his client would not receive any time behind bars.

"She admitted every bit of it," Box said in an interview Friday. "There’s video of her in the Capitol, about 20 minutes, there’s no destruction, she did didn’t do any violence."

In May, Doyle was charged with four counts, including disorderly and disruptive conduct and violent entry in a Capitol building, but was offered a plea on a misdemeanor count that carried a maximum punishment of no more six months in prison and a fine of no more than $5,000.

The government did not recommend jail time for Doyle, but did ask that she serve two months of home confinement and three years of probation. Judge Trevor McFadden instead sentenced her to serve two months of probation and pay $3,500 in fines.

Box was pleased with the Judge's decision.

"I think he took everything into consideration: considered her past background, considered what she’s doing now, considered she’s been a productive citizen in this state of Oklahoma for thirty-some years," said the attorney, who said Doyle currently does volunteer work for veterans organizations. She had worked for about ten years for the OKC Thunder organization.

It's not clear how the judge will sentence others convicted in the insurrection, but Box said, in his client's case, the punishment is appropriate for what she did.

"She was trying to exhibit her views, she’s passionate about politics, she was passionate about what this country was doing and where it was going," Box said, "and she expressed them by going to the Capitol that day which was a mistake."