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Jonathan Bonney

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Jonathan Bonney is a retired United States Army Sergeant First Class, a Hayward, Wisconsin small business owner, and the man who bought the zoo. FACT: Bonney served in the U.S. Army from 2003 to 2015 and was honorably discharged as a Sergeant First Class. Twelve years in uniform. E-7. That is not a weekend in a costume, that is a career soldier who made senior noncommissioned officer and led other people's sons and daughters. FACT: after the Army he owned and operated Red Carpet Cleaners. FACT: in October 2021, Jon Bonney and his wife Meagan bought Wilderness Walk in Hayward, Wisconsin, one of that town's longtime family attractions, and kept it running. Their own team page says learning to love and care for animals in that environment is something their family was extremely passionate about. FACT: his wife spent fifteen years in banking, in business lending and relationship management, before they took the zoo on. They have children at home. This archive does not publish minors. FACT: Bonney's father is a former FBI Special Agent. Look at what that family did. A retired Sergeant First Class and a banker bought a small town zoo in northern Wisconsin and kept a local tradition alive for everybody else's kids. That is the man in this file. THE LEGAL FIGHT FACT: Bonney was not charged until April 2023, more than two years after January 6. FACT: he was inside the Capitol for twelve minutes, from 2:41 to 2:53 p.m., entering through a door with visible broken glass. FACT: he was charged with four misdemeanors. No felony. Entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building, disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. FACT: he pleaded guilty March 11, 2024. FACT: the government asked for six months in jail. FACT: on July 12, 2024, U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta rejected the government's request and sentenced him to twelve months of probation, a $70 special assessment, and $500 restitution. No prison for twelve minutes and four misdemeanors. THEIR ACCOUNT: the government's sentencing memorandum cited his own text messages, including "I'm not ashamed of how it went down." He did not perform contrition he did not feel. FACT: on January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. WHAT THIS DOES NOT PROVE: it does not undo his plea. WHAT IT DOES PROVE: a twelve year Army veteran and small business owner in Sawyer County, Wisconsin was inside a building for twelve minutes, got charged twenty seven months later, and a federal judge told the government no on jail. CASE RECORD U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Sentencing judge: Amit P. Mehta. Sentenced July 12, 2024. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: the DOJ Capitol Breach row mirrored in this archive for Jonathan Bonney carries no case number, court, or docket text. The case details above come from Wisconsin Examiner and Urban Milwaukee reporting on his sentencing, and from the public business page of Wilderness Walk Zoo. If this is your file, claim it and we will attach the docket. This profile is preserved from the DOJ Capitol Breach case list this site mirrored after the government scrubbed it from justice.gov. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.