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Dodge Dale Hellonen

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Dodge Dale Hellonen is a U.S. Marine Corps sergeant from Commerce Township, Michigan — a young man who put on the uniform and served his country. Dodge grew up in Oakland County and graduated from Walled Lake Northern High School before enlisting in the Marine Corps. He earned the rank of sergeant and worked as a special communications signals analyst stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina — a technical, trusted role in the fleet Marine force. [FACT] On January 6, 2021, Hellonen and two fellow Marines traveled to Washington, D.C., for the rally. He entered the Capitol and, with the crowd, walked through the Rotunda and Statuary Hall. He was inside for under an hour. [FACT — per DOJ record] He was charged with a single petty offense: parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. He accepted responsibility, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to probation and community service — the judge tying the community-service hours to the number of Marines lost in the Civil War. [FACT] Case record: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, case no. 1:23-mj-14. Complaint filed January 17, 2023. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency to January 6 defendants. [FACT] Dodge Hellonen's service as a Marine is a matter of public record and honor. This profile leads with the man, not the misdemeanor. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.