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Sandra Ruth Parker

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Sandra Ruth Parker is a January 6 case-file subject from Morrow, Ohio. Her federal case was tried with five co-defendants in United States v. Crowl et al., No. 1:21-cr-00028-APM, before Judge Amit P. Mehta in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. This profile separates the government’s allegations, the jury’s findings, the court’s sentence, and executive clemency. A charge, conviction, sentence, or pardon is a legal event—not a measure of a person’s moral character. ## Case overview - Federal case: United States v. Crowl et al., No. 1:21-cr-00028-APM - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia - Judge: Amit P. Mehta - Defense counsel identified in a published court opinion: John L. Machado - Arrest: February 18, 2021, in Ohio - Jury verdict: March 21, 2023 - Sentence: 60 months of probation, imposed September 1, 2023 - Clemency: Full January 6 pardon effective January 20, 2025 ## Arrest and charging record The FBI complaint affidavit and the superseding indictments contain the government’s allegations and probable-cause account. They are preserved as source records, not rewritten as independent archive findings. DOJ reported that Sandra and Bennie Parker were arrested in Ohio on February 18, 2021 and added to the federal conspiracy case the next day. The later Eighth Superseding Indictment is also preserved in the archive. Its allegations should be read together with the final jury verdict rather than treated as a list of established facts. ## Jury verdict On March 21, 2023, DOJ reported that the jury found Sandra Parker guilty of: - conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; - obstruction of an official proceeding; - conspiracy to prevent an officer of the United States from discharging a duty; - destruction of government property; - civil disorder; and - entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds. The final verdict form, ECF No. 910, is connected below. DOJ’s descriptions of trial evidence and conduct remain attributed to the government. The verdict is preserved as a legal outcome without using it to characterize Sandra Parker’s personal worth or moral character. ## Sentence On September 1, 2023, Judge Mehta sentenced Sandra Parker to 60 months of probation, according to DOJ’s public sentencing announcement. The signed judgment and Statement of Reasons for Sandra Parker have not yet been captured. The archive therefore does not import home-detention, assessment, restitution, or other detailed terms from Bennie Parker’s separate judgment into Sandra Parker’s record. ## Government sentencing position On August 11, 2023, prosecutors filed ECF No. 1018, a 62-page sentencing memorandum addressing Sandra Parker and four co-defendants. The filing calculated a 97-to-121-month advisory-guidelines range for Sandra Parker, Laura Steele, Connie Meggs, and William Isaacs and argued for significant imprisonment. It also stated that no fine should be imposed, requested three years of supervised release, and advocated special conditions. Those statements are government sentencing advocacy, not judicial findings or the sentence imposed. Judge Mehta later sentenced Sandra Parker to 60 months of probation. On August 12, the government filed ECF No. 1021, stating that footnote 9 of the memorandum had been corrected. The captured mirror contains the one-page notice but not the corrected memorandum identified as an attachment, so this archive does not infer the correction’s wording or effect. The restitution section of ECF No. 1018 also contains an internal reference to “Defendant Greene” despite the filing’s five-defendant caption. Without Sandra Parker’s signed judgment, the archive does not assign that requested term to her record. ## Full pardon Proclamation 10887 granted sentence commutations to fourteen named people and full, complete, and unconditional pardons to the other covered convicted January 6 defendants. Sandra Parker was not listed among the fourteen commutation recipients. The Office of the Pardon Attorney’s public recipient page includes the exact entry “PARKER, SANDRA R.” The archive therefore records a full pardon effective January 20, 2025. The individual certificate PDF and its offense-specific wording remain pending capture. A pardon is recorded separately from the jury verdict and sentence. It is not described as a judicial acquittal or appellate ruling. ## Frequently asked questions ### What federal case involved Sandra Parker? United States v. Crowl et al., No. 1:21-cr-00028-APM, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. ### When was Sandra Parker arrested? DOJ reported that Sandra and Bennie Parker were arrested in Ohio on February 18, 2021. ### Did Sandra Parker plead guilty? No guilty plea is recorded in this profile. Her case proceeded to a jury verdict. ### What did the jury decide? The jury returned guilty findings on six counts identified in the verdict and DOJ’s March 21, 2023 announcement. The connected verdict form should control over abbreviated media summaries. ### What sentence was imposed? DOJ reported a sentence of 60 months of probation on September 1, 2023. The signed judgment remains a priority capture item. ### Was Sandra Parker pardoned? Yes. The archive classifies her under the full-pardon provision of Proclamation 10887 and preserves the Office of the Pardon Attorney’s exact recipient-list entry. ### Does this profile treat the verdict as a judgment of character? No. The archive records charges, verdicts, sentences, and clemency as legal events. None is used as proof of a person’s moral character. ## Related archive connections Related profiles include Bennie Alvin Parker, Laura Steele, Connie Meggs, William Isaacs, and Michael L. Greene. Shared filings do not imply identical conduct, verdicts, or sentences for every connected person. Use the Case Nexus to compare source records and procedural events. Submit a correction, firsthand statement, lawful-use photograph, interview, court filing, or other evidence through the archive’s evidence-submission pathway. ## Editorial analysis RealRyanNichols.com may describe January 6 defendants as victims of alleged or documented Biden-era DOJ weaponization. That editorial position is separate from the underlying court record. This profile preserves the government’s allegations, the jury’s findings, the sentence, unresolved capture gaps, and executive clemency without erasing or inventing material facts.

The case file

On the record

Case number
1:21-cr-00028-APM
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Judge
Amit P. Mehta
Defense attorney
John L. Machado
Disposition
Jury verdict entered March 21, 2023; sentenced September 1, 2023 to 60 months of probation; full January 20, 2025 pardon.
Arrested
February 18, 2021
Sentenced
September 1, 2023

Charges

  • Conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding
  • Obstruction of an official proceeding
  • Conspiracy to prevent an officer of the United States from discharging a duty
  • Destruction of government property
  • Civil disorder
  • Entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds

Sentence

60 months of probation. The signed judgment and detailed conditions remain pending capture.

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Connection to United States v. Nichols

Sandra Ruth Parker appears in the record of United States v. Nichols through 11 shared documents on file below. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.

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Evidence on file

11 documents on file

Court3 documents

Court orders, rulings, transcripts, and docket entries.

Govt response8 documents

Responses from DC DOC, the U.S. Marshals, and federal agencies.