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Stephanie M. Baez
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageStephanie M. Baez was 28 years old and living in Orange County, California when the federal government came for her. FACT: Baez is from Orange County, California and was 28 at the time of her arrest. Source: Patch, Orange County. FACT: She was arrested June 4, 2021 in Huntsville, Alabama. Initial appearance June 9, 2021. Source: WAFF, Huntsville. THEIR ACCOUNT: Baez maintained that she believed the Capitol was open to the public that day, and said she had checked the building's posted hours. Source: contemporaneous reporting on her case. She was twenty eight. She was released on bail and she stayed out. She walked into a federal courtroom in Washington and she pleaded not guilty to every count. That takes something. THE LEGAL FIGHT FACT: Arrested June 4, 2021. Initial appearance June 9, 2021. FACT: Released and remained on personal recognizance. No detention. FACT: Charged by criminal information August 4, 2021. Charging by information rather than grand jury indictment reflects misdemeanor level charges. Misdemeanor is not felony. FACT: Arraigned August 16, 2021 and pleaded NOT GUILTY to all counts. FACT: Status conference set for October 14, 2021. FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued clemency covering January 6 defendants. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: The final disposition of this case and an individual clemency certificate for Stephanie M. Baez have not been located in the records reviewed here. WHAT THIS DOES NOT PROVE She was never detained. She was never charged with a felony by a grand jury. She pleaded not guilty. Whatever the headlines said about her in 2021, the docket says misdemeanor and personal recognizance. CASE RECORD Name: Stephanie M. Baez Region: Orange County, California Case number: 1:21-cr-507 Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Arrested: June 4, 2021, in Huntsville, Alabama Charged by information: August 4, 2021 Plea: Not guilty, August 16, 2021 This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.
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- Case number
- 1:21-cr-507
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 6/4/21. Initial appearance held 6/9/21. Charged via criminal information 8/4/21. Arraigned 8/16/21 and peladed not guilty to all counts. Defendant remains on personal recognizance. Status conference set for 10/14/21 at 3 pm.
- Arrested
- June 4, 2021
Charges
- Knowingly Entering or Remaining in any Restricted Building or Grounds Without Lawful Authority
- Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct on Capitol Grounds
Press & news
- https://www.waff.com/2021/06/06/california-woman-arrested-huntsville-allegedly-participating-jan-6-capitol-riot/ →
- https://patch.com/california/orange-county/orange-county-woman-stephanie-baez-released-bail-after-arrest-connection →
- https://whnt.com/news/stephanie-baez-pleads-not-guilty-in-connection-to-jan-6-capitol-riot/ →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
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