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Antonio Colello

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Antonio Colello is a Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty to a pair of misdemeanors and never spent a single day sentenced for them. This is the record. FACT: Antonio Colello was charged in connection with the events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. FACT: he pleaded guilty to both charges against him, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building and parading in a Capitol building. Both misdemeanors. No allegation of violence, no allegation of a weapon, no felony charge anywhere in this case. Colello was arrested May 13, 2024, more than three years after January 6, and rather than fight the case, he answered for it with a guilty plea. That is a man taking responsibility in his own words, under oath, for what he pleaded to. This is the record, and the record does not lie. A guilty plea to two misdemeanors is not nothing, and it is not a felony conviction either. This profile holds both truths at once, the way the record does. Sentencing had been scheduled for January 30, 2025. FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed the pardon and clemency proclamation for January 6 defendants. FACT: On January 23, 2025, before sentencing ever happened, the court granted the government's own motion to dismiss Antonio Colello's case with prejudice. He pleaded guilty and was never sentenced to prison, probation, restitution, or a fine. The government dropped its own case before the sentencing hearing. What this does not prove: Colello's guilty plea is his own account, under oath, that he broke the law that day, and this profile does not pretend it says otherwise. What it does prove: whatever sentence a federal judge might have handed down never came, because the case closed first. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: identity note for readers, there is more than one Colello charged in connection with January 6 cases nationwide, in different states. This profile is specifically about Antonio Colello of Pennsylvania, not any other Colello case. Beyond the court record, no additional local coverage of Antonio Colello's family, work, or community life has been confirmed yet. CASE RECORD: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and parading in a Capitol building, both misdemeanors. Arrested May 13, 2024, tied to Pennsylvania. Sentencing had been set for January 30, 2025. Case dismissed with prejudice January 23, 2025, following the January 20, 2025 clemency proclamation, before sentencing. Read it. Share it. Send receipts, evidence, witnesses. Put eyes on the record. Do not threaten anyone, do not harass anyone, do not contact anyone in my name. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.

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Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Disposition
Pleaded guilty to 2 misdemeanors; sentencing set 1/30/2025; case dismissed with prejudice 1/23/2025 before sentencing, following the Jan 20, 2025 clemency proclamation.
Arrested
May 13, 2024

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