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Ricky Christopher Willden

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Ricky Christopher Willden is one of the 1,571 January 6 defendants indexed in this archive — preserved from the DOJ Capitol Breach case list this site mirrored after the government scrubbed it from justice.gov. Case 1:21-cr-423 — U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Charges, per the DOJ record: Civil Disorder; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Parading, Demonstrating or Picketing in a Capitol Building. The docket, as recorded: Indicted 6/23/21. Arrested 6/30/21. Arraigned 7/22/21 and pleaded not guilty to all counts. Superseding indictment filed 12/1/21. Pleaded guilty 4/7/22. Sentenced 8/5/22 to two years in prison, three years of supervised release, $2,000 restitution. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever. Organize the record, add your documents, and tell the story where no platform can bury it.

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Case number
1:21-cr-423
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Disposition
Indicted 6/23/21. Arrested 6/30/21. Arraigned 7/22/21 and pleaded not guilty to all counts. Superseding indictment filed 12/1/21. Pleaded guilty 4/7/22. Sentenced 8/5/22 to two years in prison, three years of supervised release, $2,000 restitution.
Arrested
June 30, 2021
Plea
April 7, 2022
Sentenced
August 5, 2022

Charges

  • Civil Disorder
  • Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers
  • Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds
  • Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds
  • Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds
  • Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building
  • Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings
  • Parading, Demonstrating or Picketing in a Capitol Building

Sentence

two years in prison, three years of supervised release, $2,000 restitution

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