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David Michael Camden

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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David Michael Camden is a United States Army veteran from Tontitown, Arkansas who once went into a frozen lake to pull out a dog that had fallen through the ice. That is in his federal court file. So is everything else on this page. THE MAN BEFORE THE CASE FACT: David Camden served in the U.S. Army. His military service is documented in the sentencing memoranda filed in his January 6 case. FACT: Sentencing filings placed before U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan described a man who spent two decades building a life: a 3.98 grade point average on coursework toward an associate of applied science degree at a Nebraska community college, work at engineering firms, and an invention of his own, a coffee roaster. The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported those filings under the headline that a judge was urged to consider the Tontitown man's deeds and community service. FACT: Among those deeds, the same filings recount that David Camden went into the freezing water of a small lake to rescue a dog that had fallen through the ice. An Army veteran from Tontitown, Arkansas who went in after a drowning animal. That is who the court was asked to look at. THE LEGAL FIGHT FACT: David Michael Camden was arrested on July 1, 2024, in Fayetteville, Arkansas. FACT: He pleaded guilty to a single count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers, a felony. The government alleged he pushed a bicycle rack barricade into a line of officers and deployed a fire extinguisher toward a police line. THEIR ACCOUNT: Through his attorney, Camden said he was swept up in the mob psychology of that day and acted badly out of character. His lawyer asked the court for home detention, community service, and a substantial fine. FACT: On January 10, 2025, Judge Chutkan sentenced him to 12 months and one day of incarceration, 12 months of supervised release, $2,000 in restitution, a $5,000 fine, and a $100 special assessment. FACT: Ten days later, on January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. David Michael Camden received a full pardon. CASE RECORD Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge: Tanya S. Chutkan Docket: CourtListener RECAP, gov.uscourts.dcd.272824 Arrest: July 1, 2024, Fayetteville, Arkansas Plea: Guilty, one count, assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers Sentence: January 10, 2025 Clemency: Full pardon, January 20, 2025 SOURCES Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Judge urged to consider Tontitown man's deeds and community service prior to Capitol riot Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Tontitown man sentenced in Jan. 6 Capitol riot U.S. Department of Justice, Arkansas Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach NPR Jan. 6 Archive database record for Camden, David Michael Court filing mirrored at CourtListener RECAP This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.