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Jeremy Ryan Sorvisto
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageJeremy Ryan Sorvisto is a Copper Country man out of Hancock, Michigan, up in Houghton County in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. He is a father of young children and he was 37 years old when he stood in front of a federal judge. Hancock is a small town. Everybody knows everybody. When one man from the U.P. gets pulled into a federal case in Washington, D.C., the whole county feels it. FACT: Sorvisto was arrested April 7, 2021. He pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. Three other misdemeanor counts were dismissed under the plea agreement. On December 15, 2021 he was sentenced to 30 days and $500 in restitution. (The Mining Gazette; DOJ Capitol Breach record) FACT: No violence was charged against Jeremy Sorvisto. The public record of his case contains no allegation that he assaulted anyone or damaged anything. (American Gulag case file) Thirty days. One misdemeanor. A father of small kids from Hancock, Michigan. FACT: While he was away, his family in Hancock ran a fund to cover the bills. Neighbors and strangers put money in. That fund closed out in March 2022 when his sentence was complete. FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. THE CASE RECORD Case 1:21-cr-320, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested April 7, 2021. Initial appearance and detention hearing April 13, 2021. Arraigned July 2, 2021, not guilty as to counts 1 through 4. Plea agreement entered September 3, 2021. Sentenced December 15, 2021 to 30 days incarceration and $500 restitution. Charges, per the DOJ record: 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 a Capitol Building. DOJ record: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/sorvisto-jeremy-ryan This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.
The case file
On the record
- Case number
- 1:21-cr-320
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Sorvisto was arrested on 4/7/21 and had his initial appearance/detention hearing on 4/13/21. Arraigned on 7/2/21. Defendant entered a plea of not guilty as to counts 1-4. Plea agreement entered 9/3. Sentenced 12/15/2021 to 30 days incarceration and $500 restitution.
- Arrested
- April 7, 2021
- Sentenced
- December 15, 2021
Charges
- 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 a Capitol Building
Sentence
30 days incarceration and $500 restitution
Press & news
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/sorvisto-jeremy-ryan →
- https://www.mininggazette.com/news/2021/12/sorvisto-sentenced-for-jan-6-capitol-riot-misdemeanor/ →
- https://americangulag.org/jeremy-ryan-sorvisto/ →
- https://www.mininggazette.com/news/2021/04/second-houghton-county-resident-charged-in-capitol-riot/ →
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