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Kerry Wayne Persick
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageKerry Wayne Persick is a North Texas family man from Trophy Club, in Denton County, with roots back in Wichita Falls. No felony. No violence charge. One misdemeanor, probation, and a man who paid his fine and went back to his life. [FACT] HIS STORY Kerry Persick was 41 when he stood before a federal judge. [FACT, CBS News Texas and FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth.] Trophy Club is a small town in Denton County, and Kerry Wayne Persick is one of more than fifty North Texans who got swept into the January 6 docket. Local outlets in Wichita Falls noted he was a former resident there. [FACT, Texomas Home Page.] He is one of the neighbors, not a headline. THE LEGAL FIGHT The record, plainly. [FACT, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, case 21-cr-485.] Complaint filed May 13, 2021. Arrested May 17, 2021. Information filed July 22, 2021. Pleaded guilty to parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building, a misdemeanor, with the remaining counts dismissed. Sentenced July 14, 2022 by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell to 36 months of probation including 90 days of home detention, a $5,000 fine and $500 in restitution. JANUARY 20, 2025 On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued clemency covering the January 6 cases, and Kerry Persick received a full pardon. [FACT, CBS News Texas and WFAA reporting on North Texas defendants.] CASE RECORD Case number: 21-cr-485 Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Arrested: May 17, 2021 Sentenced: July 14, 2022 Pardoned: January 20, 2025 DOJ docket page: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/persick-kerry Trophy Club and Wichita Falls, if you know Kerry Persick, help us fill in the rest of him. 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
- 21-cr-485
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Complaint filed 5/13/21 Arrested 5/17/21 Information filed 7/22/21 Pleaded guilty 4/22/21 Sentenced 7/14/22 to 36 months of probation, including 90 days of home detention, $5,000 fine, $500 restitution.
- Arrested
- May 17, 2021
- Plea
- April 22, 2021
- Sentenced
- July 14, 2022
Sentence
36 months of probation, including 90 days of home detention, $5,000 fine, $500 restitution
Press & news
- https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/north-texas-jan-6-arrests-commute-pardon-dismissed-dallas-fort-worth/287-a437260b-bdc1-4b4a-9a60-2338963bb6cb →
- https://www.fox4news.com/news/north-texans-sentenced-us-capitol-riot →
- https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/local-news/former-wf-resident-charged-in-u-s-capitol-riot/ →
- https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/north-texas-men-guilty-capitol-riot-sentenced-kevin-blakely-kerry-persick/ →
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