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John William Padgett

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John William Padgett is a 40-year-old man from Edgewater, Florida, in Volusia County. He was arrested November 25, 2024, alongside another Volusia County man, Jarod Lee Hawks of Port Orange, nearly four years after January 6, 2021. This is the record, stated plain. Federal prosecutors allege John William Padgett assaulted officers with a dangerous weapon during the Capitol breach and charged him with civil disorder, entering a restricted building with a weapon, and disorderly conduct. These are serious allegations. CHARGE ONLY: John William Padgett was never tried on this record. No plea was entered. He is presumed innocent unless and until a court rules otherwise, and no court ever ruled on the merits here. On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed a proclamation of clemency covering January 6 defendants still facing charges. On January 21, 2025, less than two months after his arrest, the court granted the government's motion to dismiss John William Padgett's case with prejudice. No trial. No conviction. No sentence. The case is closed for good. Ryan Nichols does not ask anyone to agree with what is alleged in a federal complaint. He asks that the record be read whole. Charged. Jailed. Sentenced. Pardoned January 20, 2025. He knows the difference between an allegation and a conviction, and he built this record to keep that difference plain for every name on this site, including John William Padgett of Edgewater, Florida. This is not an endorsement of the conduct alleged in the complaint. It is a statement of what the record shows: an arrest, a charge, no trial, and a dismissal with prejudice within two months. CASE RECORD Name: John William Padgett Location: Edgewater, Florida Age: 40 Co-defendant: Jarod Lee Hawks, Port Orange, Florida Arrest date: November 25, 2024 Charges: Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers with a dangerous weapon; civil disorder; entering a restricted building with a dangerous weapon; disorderly conduct Case status: No plea entered on record. Case dismissed with prejudice January 21, 2025 following the January 20, 2025 presidential clemency proclamation. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.