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Daniel Herendeen
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageDaniel Herendeen is from Chesterfield Township, Michigan — Macomb County, north of Detroit. He was 43 when he traveled to Washington with a friend for the rally on January 6, 2021 (FACT: Detroit News, ClickOnDetroit). The government initially charged him with obstruction and other counts. Here is how it actually resolved: he pleaded guilty on December 17, 2021, to a single count of entering and remaining in a restricted building. He was never convicted of assaulting anyone. The sentence, handed down April 1, 2022, tells you how the judge weighed it: probation, not prison. Three years of probation, 14 days of intermittent confinement, two months of home detention, and $500 restitution (FACT: DOJ, ClickOnDetroit). On January 20, 2025, presidential clemency covered January 6-related cases. THE CASE RECORD Case 1:21-cr-278, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested March 18, 2021. Indicted April 2, 2021. Arraigned April 14, 2021 — pleaded not guilty to all counts. Pleaded guilty December 17, 2021. Sentenced April 1, 2022, to 36 months of probation, including 14 days of intermittent incarceration, two months of home detention, and $500 restitution. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.
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- Case number
- 1:21-cr-278
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 3/18/21. Indicted 4/2/21. Arraigned 4/14/21 where defendant pleaded not guilty to all counts. Pleaded guilty 12/17/21. Sentenced 4/1/22 to 36 months of probation, including 14 days of intermittent incarceration, two months of home detention, $500 restitution.
- Arrested
- March 18, 2021
- Plea
- December 17, 2021
- Sentenced
- April 1, 2022
Charges
- Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
Sentence
36 months of probation, including 14 days of intermittent incarceration, two months of home detention, $500 restitution
Press & news
- https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2021/12/19/macomb-county-man-pleads-guilty-to-role-in-jan-6-insurrection/ →
- https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2021/03/18/us-capitol-riot-leads-charges-against-two-more-michigan-men/4746118001/ →
- https://www.wxyz.com/news/2-years-since-the-capitol-riots-heres-where-the-cases-against-michigan-suspects-stand →
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