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Jonathan Gennaro "Jon" Mellis

J6 co-defendant / Sibick witness · C-2B pod, DC DOC

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Jonathan Gennaro Mellis goes by Jon. Williamsburg, Virginia. A man whose supporters kept writing his name on lists and letters for three straight years. Jon Mellis was arrested February 16, 2021 and held in federal custody through years of pretrial litigation before he was ever sentenced. [FACT, DOJ and court record] People did not forget him. A GiveSendGo campaign was published in his name, and the American POWs project maintained a prisoner page for Jonathan Mellis while he was inside. [FACT, givesendgo.com/jonmellis and americanpows.com/prisoners/jonathan-mellis/] That is what community looks like when the news cycle moves on and a man is still sitting in a cell. THE LEGAL FIGHT On June 12, 2023, Jonathan Gennaro Mellis pleaded guilty to one count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon under 18 U.S.C. 111(a)(1) and (b). [FACT, DOJ] On December 20, 2023 he was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss to 51 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release, and a $20,000 fine. [FACT, DOJ press release and 13News Now] A charge is a charge and a plea is a plea. This archive does not restate the record as anything more or less than what the court entered. THE CLEMENCY On January 20, 2025, a presidential proclamation granted full pardons for offenses related to events at or near the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The Office of the Pardon Attorney FOIA release of pardon certificate recipients lists JONATHAN GENNARO MELLIS by name. [FACT] The conviction is pardoned. The Williamsburg, Virginia man came home. CASE RECORD Case number: 1:21-cr-00206-EGS Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Arrested: February 16, 2021 Disposition: Guilty plea 6/12/2023; sentenced 12/20/2023; full January 6 pardon 1/20/2025 DOJ: justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/virginia-man-sentenced-assaulting-law-enforcement-during-jan-6-capitol-breach NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: Jon Mellis's trade, military or first responder service, and family details are not yet documented here. If you have receipts, this page has room. 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-00206-EGS
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Judge
Emmet G. Sullivan (case assignment); Randolph D. Moss (sentencing)
Disposition
Pleaded guilty on June 12, 2023 to one count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon under 18 U.S.C. §§ 111(a)(1) and (b); sentenced December 20, 2023; received a full January 6 pardon under the January 20, 2025 proclamation. The Office of the Pardon Attorney lists JONATHAN GENNARO MELLIS as a certificate recipient.
Arrested
February 16, 2021
Plea
June 12, 2023
Sentenced
December 20, 2023

Charges

  • Government allegation — Civil Disorder, 18 U.S.C. § 231(a)(3)
  • Government allegation — Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and aiding and abetting, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1512(c)(2) and 2
  • Count of conviction — Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers Using a Dangerous Weapon, 18 U.S.C. §§ 111(a)(1) and (b)
  • Government allegation — Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1752(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A)
  • Government allegation — Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1752(a)(2) and (b)(1)(A)
  • Government allegation — Impeding Ingress and Egress in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1752(a)(3) and (b)(1)(A)
  • Government allegation — Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1752(a)(4) and (b)(1)(A)
  • Government allegation — Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building, 40 U.S.C. § 5104(e)(2)(D)
  • Government allegation — Impeding Passage Through the Capitol Grounds or Buildings, 40 U.S.C. § 5104(e)(2)(E)
  • Government allegation — Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings, 40 U.S.C. § 5104(e)(2)(F)

Sentence

51 months imprisonment, 36 months supervised release, and a $20,000 fine, as reported by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The signed judgment remains a capture gap for verification of any additional monetary terms.

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Connection to United States v. Nichols

Jonathan Gennaro "Jon" Mellis appears in the record of United States v. Nichols through 14 shared documents on file below. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.

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Evidence on file

14 documents on file

Co-detainee5 documents

Corroborating witness statements and letters from fellow January 6 detainees.

Statement in defense of Ryan Nichols (re: Brandon Fellows tablet message) — page 1

affidavit · May 7, 2022

Statement in defense of Ryan Nichols (re: Brandon Fellows tablet message) — page 1

Page 1 of 2 of a multi-detainee witness statement dated 5/7/2022, drafted in response to a tablet message (DCDOCTA-2085, pod C2B) authored by Brandon Fellows. The drafter recovers Fellows's message accusing Ryan Nichols (the "detail member") of physically threatening him over an NPR article, names corroborating witnesses, and asserts the allegations are false and misleading.

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Attorney2 documents

Defense counsel correspondence (Joseph McBride, Jonathan Gross).

Govt response7 documents

Responses from DC DOC, the U.S. Marshals, and federal agencies.

Official recordserved from the court docket

motion · Jan 7, 2022

Government Opposition to Jonathan Mellis Detention Motion — ECF No. 28

Government filing opposing reconsideration of detention. Its descriptions and characterizations are prosecutorial advocacy except where separately established by a court ruling or plea record. Native PDF: 19 pages, 400,699 bytes, PDF 1.6, unencrypted. SHA-256 68f4cf38038c0fd03a73645764a979637711f93818eb4d9b9ef0784c0b7ac5f2.

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