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Nicholas Rodean

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Nicholas Rodean is a Frederick, Maryland man who saw his own photograph in the news and turned himself in. Nobody kicked his door down. He walked in on his own. Nicholas Rodean was working at Navistar Direct Marketing in Frederick, Maryland, a direct mail and printing company, when January 6 happened. He was photographed at the Capitol still wearing his company ID badge, which is how he was identified. He lost that job almost immediately. (FACT: Fox News, Baltimore Sun, Frederick News-Post) Then he surrendered himself to authorities. (FACT: Fox Baltimore, Baltimore Sun) That is worth saying plainly. Nicholas Rodean of Frederick, Maryland turned himself in. The legal fight. He was taken into custody in Washington on January 13, 2021 and was ordered to stay out of D.C. while his case was pending. He was charged by criminal information January 29, 2021 and pleaded not guilty on all counts. He was indicted March 19, 2021, with a superseding indictment returned March 9, 2022. He chose a bench trial rather than a plea. On July 12, 2022 the court found him guilty of one felony count of destruction of government property and six misdemeanor counts. (FACT: DOJ, Frederick News-Post) At sentencing the government asked for prison time. U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden refused. He found substantial mitigating circumstances in Rodean's individual situation and concluded that confinement at home, not incarceration, was the just outcome. (FACT: WTOP, Frederick News-Post) On October 26, 2022 Nicholas Rodean was sentenced to five years of probation including 240 days of home detention, and ordered to pay $2,048 in restitution. He served zero days in prison. (FACT: DOJ) On January 20, 2025, the presidential clemency proclamation reached the January 6 cases, including felony convictions like his. A judge looked at Nicholas Rodean as a whole person and sentenced him accordingly. This archive does the same. CASE RECORD Case number: 1:21-cr-57 Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge: Trevor N. McFadden Arrested: January 13, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Disposition: Found guilty at bench trial July 12, 2022 of felony destruction of government property and six misdemeanors. Sentenced October 26, 2022 to five years probation including 240 days home detention and $2,048 restitution. No prison. Covered by the January 20, 2025 clemency proclamation. DOJ docket page: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/rodean-nicolas This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.