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Ryan Joseph Orlando

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Ryan Joseph Orlando was 28 years old and living in Arlington, Virginia, when a federal case caught up with him nearly three years after January 6, 2021. That case ended dismissed with prejudice. FACT: Orlando pleaded guilty to one count, Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds. Sentencing was set for February 14, 2025. FACT: On January 23, 2025, before that sentencing ever happened, the court granted the government's motion to dismiss the case with prejudice. He was never sentenced. Not one day. The case is closed and it cannot be refiled. CHARGE ONLY: The indictment alleged six counts, including theft of government property. FACT: The theft count and every other count beyond the single misdemeanor plea were never adjudicated, and then the entire case was dismissed with prejudice. Charges are charges. Dismissed charges are nothing at all. FACT: Court records describe Ryan Joseph Orlando in a red, white and blue coat with a Captain America themed backpack, inside the building beginning around 2:42 p.m. National coverage fixated on that backpack. A 28 year old in a Captain America pack became a Fox News headline, and the actual ending of his case, a permanent dismissal, got almost no coverage at all. That is why this archive exists. THE CASE RECORD Case 1:24-cr-00040-CKK, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, captioned United States v. Orlando. FACT: this case number is read off the native federal court filing and confirmed against the public federal docket, both linked below. Arrested November 29, 2023. Dismissed with prejudice January 23, 2025. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: No occupation, trade, employer, or family detail for Ryan Joseph Orlando appears in any public record this archive can source. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.