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Logan Schimmel
January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageLogan Schimmel is a young man from Prattsburgh, in Steuben County, New York. Farm country in the Finger Lakes. He went to the Stop the Steal rally in Washington on January 6 with his father, Charles Schimmel Sr. Father and son. That is the whole crew. He was not charged for three and a half years. The FBI came for the Schimmels on August 14, 2024. FACT, reported by 13WHAM Rochester, Finger Lakes 1 and Rochester First. THE LEGAL FIGHT Logan Schimmel and his father were charged with obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building. CHARGE ONLY, from the court documents described in local reporting. Everything the government alleged about the Schimmels is an allegation. They were arrested in August 2024 and their case was still in its earliest stage five months later. On January 20, 2025 a Presidential proclamation granted a full, complete and unconditional pardon for offenses relating to events at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, and the Department of Justice moved to dismiss pending January 6 prosecutions. DOCUMENTED INFERENCE as applied to Logan Schimmel, pending docket confirmation. WHAT THIS DOES NOT PROVE There is no conviction on this record. Logan Schimmel was never tried and never pleaded guilty to anything in the available record. Presumption of innocence stands. WHAT IT DOES PROVE A kid from a town of about a thousand people in Steuben County went to a rally with his dad and got a federal case three and a half years later. CASE RECORD Name: Logan Schimmel. Hometown: Prattsburgh, Steuben County, New York. Case number: NEEDS AUTHENTICATION, not published in available coverage. Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested August 14, 2024. Upstate New York news coverage and the DOJ press release are linked on this profile. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.
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- https://www.rochesterfirst.com/news/father-son-duo-from-steuben-county-face-charges-related-to-jan-6-capitol-riot/ →
- https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/granting-pardons-and-commutation-of-sentences-for-certain-offenses-relating-to-the-events-at-or-near-the-united-states-capitol-on-january-6-2021/ →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/new-york-men-arrested-felony-and-misdemeanor-charges-actions-during-jan-6-capitol-breach →
- https://www.fingerlakes1.com/2024/08/21/steuben-county-father-and-son-arrested-for-involvement-in-january-6th-capitol-riot/ →
- https://13wham.com/news/local/steuben-county-father-and-son-facing-charges-for-their-role-in-jan-6-capital-riot →
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