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Darrell Wayne Goins

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Darrell Wayne Goins is a South Dakota man from Newell, a small ranching town in the western part of the state. On January 6, 2021, Darrell was among the crowd on the Capitol's West Plaza. He had traveled across the country from South Dakota to be there. The legal fight: Darrell Wayne Goins was arrested May 9, 2024, in South Dakota — more than three years later — and charged with civil disorder, assault-related counts and misdemeanors. These are charges, not convictions; he was entitled to the presumption of innocence. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency to January 6 defendants, and the case did not proceed to trial. A man from small-town western South Dakota — that's the person behind this file. Case record: United States v. Goins, No. 1:24-cr-00432, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested May 9, 2024. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.

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