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Steven Michael Dragoo

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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**Steven Michael Dragoo** is a St. Joseph, Missouri man who went to Washington with his wife. That is the whole shape of this January 6 case: a married couple from northwest Missouri, together all day, one camera between them. **His story.** St. Joseph sits on the Missouri River where the Pony Express started — a working river town of about 70,000. Steven Dragoo and his wife Kimberly traveled to D.C. together and stayed together. Court documents describe him photographing the couple through the day (FACT — DOJ filings reported by KCUR and Kansas City Star coverage). Not a stack. Not a militia. A husband taking pictures of his wife. The federal charges reflect that. Dragoo was charged with four misdemeanors — entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building. No felony. No assault count. No weapon. No destruction of property. He pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building — the least serious offense on the January 6 books — and he and Kimberly answered for it side by side, the same way they went. **Where the fight stands.** Steven and Kimberly Dragoo were each sentenced to 14 days, three years of probation, a $5,000 fine and $500 restitution (FACT — Kansas City Star / AOL reporting). Fourteen days. The presidential clemency proclamation of January 20, 2025 covered January 6 convictions including petty offenses like his, and the J6 pardon closed out the federal case. Steven Michael Dragoo is home in St. Joseph, Missouri, with his wife, with the case behind them. **Case record.** United States District Court for the District of Columbia, case No. 23-mj-00126. Complaint filed June 12, 2023. Arrested June 13, 2023. Pleaded guilty to one count of parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. Sentenced to 14 days incarceration, three years probation, $5,000 fine, $500 restitution. DOJ record: justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/dragoo-steven. (NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: sentencing date should be confirmed against the docket; the terms above come from contemporaneous Missouri press coverage.) Search terms people use to find him: Steven Dragoo January 6, St. Joseph Missouri January 6 defendant, Buchanan County J6 pardon, pardoned January 6 Missouri. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.

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Case number
23-mj-00126
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Disposition
Complaint Filed -  06/12/2023 Arrested - 06/13/2023

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