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Howard Berton Adams
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageHoward Berton Adams Jr. is from Edgewater, Florida — Volusia County, near Daytona Beach. He was about 60 when he was arrested in March 2021 (FACT: ClickOrlando). He fought his case his own way. Adams fired his public defenders and represented himself in federal court — a 60-something Florida man standing alone against the Justice Department (FACT: ClickOrlando). The road was bumpy; he missed a November 2022 court date. But he stayed free on personal recognizance for the entire case, and it ended with a guilty plea on January 26, 2023. On January 20, 2025, presidential clemency covered January 6-related cases, including his. THE CASE RECORD Case 1:21-cr-358, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested March 10, 2021. Initial appearance March 18, 2021. Indicted May 14, 2021 — pleaded not guilty to all counts. Superseding indictment December 1, 2021. Pleaded guilty January 26, 2023. Remained on personal recognizance. Case covered by the January 20, 2025 clemency. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.
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On the record
- Case number
- 1:21-cr-358
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 3/10/21. Initial appearance held 3/18/21 Indicted 5/14/21. Pleaded not guilty to all counts. Superseding indictment filed 12/1/2021. Pleaded Guilty 01/26/2023. Defendant remains on personal recognizance.
- Arrested
- March 10, 2021
Press & news
- https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/03/10/another-central-florida-man-arrested-in-capitol-riot/ →
- https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/11/17/edgewater-capitol-riot-suspect-skips-court-claims-to-be-sovereign-citizen/ →
- https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/03/12/volusia-county-capitol-riot-suspect-spotted-on-inside-edition/ →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
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