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Toney Sheldon Bray

January 6 defendant

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Toney Sheldon Bray is a father from Blue Springs, Mississippi, a town of a few hundred people in Union County, and he went to Washington with his grown son. Father and son. That is the shape of this case. They were charged together, tried together, and their cases died together. WHAT THE RECORD SHOWS FACT: Toney Bray, 46, and his son Ethan Bray, 25, were first stopped the evening of January 6, 2021 by Metropolitan Police for a curfew violation. That was the whole of it for two and a half years. FACT: Federal authorities arrested the two of them on June 8, 2023. FACT: An FBI affidavit alleged they entered the Capitol around 2:22 p.m., were among the first to breach police barricades at Peace Circle, and confronted officers under the scaffolding at the Lower West Terrace. The affidavit further alleged that Toney Bray carried a Capitol Police riot shield out of the building. Those are the government allegations in the charging affidavit. Attributed, not adopted. THE LEGAL FIGHT FACT: Toney Bray pleaded guilty to three counts. Theft of Government Property. Entering or Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds. Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building. FACT: The remaining counts went to a bench trial. On October 3, 2024, the court found him guilty of Civil Disorder and Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds. FACT: On that same bench trial the court found Toney Sheldon Bray NOT GUILTY of Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building. He beat a count. That belongs in the record right next to the rest of it. FACT: Sentencing was set for February 7, 2025. FACT: On January 21, 2025, the court granted the government motion to dismiss the case with prejudice, following the January 20, 2025 clemency proclamation covering the January 6 prosecutions. FACT: Toney Bray was never sentenced. He served no prison term on this case. WHAT THIS DOES NOT PROVE Not one assault count. Not one weapon count. A shield carried out of a building is theft of government property, and that is what the government charged. It is not a firearm and it is not an assault. Do not stretch it. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION We do not have his trade, his service record if he has one, his church, or a word from him in his own voice. This is a working man from north Mississippi who spent nineteen months under a federal indictment with his son beside him. If you know Toney Bray of Blue Springs, send it. The photograph attached to this profile came in from a public archive and has not been authenticated as an image he would choose. If it is not right, we will pull it the day he asks. CASE RECORD Jurisdiction: Federal, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested June 8, 2023. Pleaded guilty to three counts. Bench trial verdict October 3, 2024, guilty on two counts and not guilty on one. Dismissed with prejudice January 21, 2025, never sentenced. Docket materials mirrored at CourtListener, linked on this page. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.