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Thomas Roy Vinson

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Thomas Roy Vinson is a Kentucky working man out of Morganfield, in Union County, and by published account an Air Force veteran. Small town. Long marriage. A maintenance man's hands. HIS STORY [NEEDS AUTHENTICATION] A published biography of Thomas Roy Vinson of Morganfield, Kentucky reports that he is an Air Force veteran, that he worked as a maintenance technician at Gibbs Die Casting Corporation in Henderson, Kentucky from June 1998 to October 2006, that he was 54 at the time of his arrest, and that he married Lori Ann Utley on February 27, 1997. That is one source. The archive wants a second before it calls any of it FACT. If you can confirm his service, send it. [FACT] His wife, Lori Vinson, was a nurse. Tri-State news reported she was let go from Ascension St. Vincent in Evansville after January 6. Two people. One household. Both of them lost something. [THEIR ACCOUNT] The Vinsons described the crowd they were part of as a peaceful bunch of people there to express their views to Congress. They said they chanted and talked. They said they did not damage property and did not take anything. THE LEGAL FIGHT [FACT] Vinson was arrested March 16, 2021, with an initial appearance the same day. [FACT] He was charged by criminal information May 12, 2021. He was arraigned June 7, 2021 and pleaded not guilty to all counts. [FACT] He pleaded guilty July 27, 2021 to count 4 of the information, parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building. A petty offense. [FACT] On October 22, 2021 U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton sentenced him to five years probation, a $5,000 fine, $500 restitution, and 120 hours of community service. No jail. [FACT] Courthouse News reported Judge Walton said from the bench: "I know that's a lot, but I want the sentence to hurt." [FACT] Newsweek reported it was the largest fine imposed on a Capitol riot defendant to that point. Read that again. A petty offense. No jail. A record fine. And a judge who said out loud he wanted it to hurt. [FACT] On January 20, 2025 the President issued a proclamation granting full, complete and unconditional pardons to individuals convicted of offenses related to the events at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. Thomas Roy Vinson's conviction falls within that grant. WHAT THIS DOES NOT PROVE Vinson was never charged with assaulting anyone. He was never charged with a weapon. He was never charged with destroying property. He pleaded to the lowest offense on the sheet. THE CASE RECORD Name: Thomas Roy Vinson Case number: 1:21-cr-355 Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge: Reggie B. Walton Arrested: March 16, 2021 Plea: Guilty, Count 4, July 27, 2021 Sentenced: October 22, 2021 DOJ page: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/vinson-thomas-roy This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.