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United States v. Nichols
Case No. 1:21-cr-00117 · U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia · 10 federal charges · Judge Hon. Thomas F. Hogan (pretrial & detention, 2021–2023); Hon. Royce C. Lamberth (plea, sentencing & judgment, 2023–2025)
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Brian P. McCreary indicted on five counts
A grand jury returned a five-count indictment. Charges are accusations; the later plea and judgment establish a conviction on Count 2 only and dismissal of the other four counts.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadWilliam and Michael Pope indicted
A grand jury returned an eight-count indictment in D.D.C. case 1:21-cr-00128-RC. Each count remained an accusation.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadDavid Alan Blair arrested
DOJ reports that David Alan Blair was arrested in Washington, D.C. The arrest is a procedural event and is not presented as proof of guilt.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadBennie and Sandra Parker Arrested in Ohio
DOJ reported that Sandra Ruth Parker and Bennie Alvin Parker were arrested in Ohio on February 18, 2021. The complaint affidavit and superseding-indictment descriptions remain government allegations rather than independent archive findings.
📍 Ohio
ReadThomas Webster voluntarily enters federal custody
The contemporaneous DOJ arrest release says Webster voluntarily entered custody on February 22, 2021 and appeared in the Southern District of New York the next day. A later DOJ sentencing release lists February 21; the archive preserves that conflict and uses the contemporaneous date.
📍 New York
ReadAndrew Alan Hernandez is arrested
Federal authorities arrested Hernandez in Riverside, California.
📍 Riverside, California
ReadCleveland Meredith Indicted
A federal grand jury returned an indictment in D.D.C. No. 1:21-cr-00159. The charges were allegations at this stage and not findings of guilt.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadFederico Klein arrested
Federal authorities arrested Federico Guillermo Klein in connection with the January 6 case. A published detention opinion identifies March 4, 2021 as the arrest date.
📍 Washington, D.C. federal case
ReadTen-Count Indictment Filed in United States v. Mellis
A federal grand jury returned a ten-count indictment. The counts are preserved as charging allegations; Mellis later pleaded guilty to one § 111 count.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadChristopher Worrell arrested
DOJ reported that Christopher John Worrell was arrested in Naples, Florida. This event records the arrest only and does not treat charges as proof of character.
📍 Naples, Florida
ReadFederal authorities arrest Thomas Sibick in New York
Sibick was arrested after the March 10 complaint affidavit. Arrest is a procedural event, not proof of every complaint allegation.
📍 Western District of New York
ReadJulian Khater arrested
Khater was arrested at Newark Liberty International Airport. The Justice Department announced complaint-stage allegations the following day; those allegations were not yet findings of guilt.
📍 Newark, New Jersey
ReadAndrew Michael Cavanaugh arrested
Public docket summaries report Cavanaugh’s arrest on March 16, 2021. Arrest is a procedural event and not a finding of guilt.
📍 Montana
ReadJudge Jackson orders Thomas Sibick detained pending trial
After reviewing a magistrate judge's release decision, Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered detention. The ruling addressed pretrial risk, not final guilt.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadAndrew Cavanaugh initial appearance
A public docket index reports an initial appearance on March 19, 2021. Native transcript or minute entry remains pending.
📍 Federal court
ReadBenjamin Larocca arrested in Texas
Larocca was arrested March 26, 2021. The charges were allegations at this stage.
📍 Texas
ReadAnthony Robert Williams arrested in Detroit
The Justice Department says Williams was arrested in Detroit and made his initial court appearance on March 26, 2021.
📍 Detroit, Michigan
ReadFour-Count Superseding Indictment Filed
The superseding indictment charged interstate communication of threats and three District of Columbia weapons-related offenses. Meredith was ultimately convicted on Count One only; the signed judgment dismissed all remaining counts.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadStephen Ethan Horn arrested
Horn was arrested in North Carolina in connection with the January 6 investigation. The arrest is a procedural event and not a finding of guilt.
📍 North Carolina
ReadFour-count criminal information filed against Stephen Ethan Horn
ECF No. 5 charged four misdemeanor counts. The information was a charging instrument; later trial records control the disposition.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadBenjamin Larocca and Christian Cortez indicted
A five-count indictment was returned. Larocca later pleaded guilty only to Count Three; the judgment dismissed the other four counts.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadCourt orders Scott Fairlamb detained pending trial
Judge Royce C. Lamberth reviewed a magistrate judge’s conditional-release decision and ordered pretrial detention. The ruling addressed release standards, not final guilt.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadAlex Harkrider released to house arrest and electronic monitoring
A later government filing states that Judge Royce C. Lamberth released Harkrider to house arrest with electronic monitoring. Defense and prosecution filings later addressed whether those conditions should be modified.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadJulian Khater ordered detained pending trial
Judge Thomas F. Hogan denied release after an individualized Bail Reform Act assessment. The ruling concerned pretrial custody, not guilt.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadCriminal information filed against Andrew Cavanaugh
A four-count misdemeanor criminal information was filed. The counts were allegations at filing; Cavanaugh later pleaded guilty to one count and the other three were dismissed.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadDaniel Paul Gray arrested
DOJ announced Gray’s arrest in Florida. Conduct descriptions in the complaint-stage record remain government allegations.
📍 Florida
ReadCourt denies Daniel Caldwell request for pretrial release
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly denied Caldwell’s motion to revoke or amend the magistrate judge’s detention order. The opinion expressly stated that its factual discussion was not a merits determination.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadD.C. Circuit affirms Thomas Sibick's detention order
The court of appeals affirmed through a short Rule 36 judgment in No. 21-3015, without a published precedential opinion.
📍 U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
ReadCourt Denies Coffman Detention Reconsideration
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly denied Coffman’s motion to revoke the detention order in ECF No. 19. The ruling addressed detention and risk under the Bail Reform Act.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadJudge Jackson Issued Detention Opinion
The public docket chronology records a May 26, 2021 detention opinion. The native decision was not captured during this run because the legal-research connector required manual reauthentication.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadAndrew Cavanaugh arraigned and enters not-guilty pleas
The docket index reports that Cavanaugh was arraigned and pleaded not guilty to the four information counts.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadFelipe Martinez arrested in Austin
A returned federal warrant records Felipe Antonio “Tony” Martinez’s arrest in Austin, Texas. The arrest-stage charges were accusations, not findings.
📍 Austin, Texas
ReadBrian Christopher Mock arrested
DOJ reported Mock’s arrest on federal charges related to January 6. The conduct descriptions in the arrest release are complaint-stage allegations, not findings.
📍 Minnesota
ReadRobert Morss arrested in Pennsylvania
Morss was arrested and made an initial appearance in the Western District of Pennsylvania. The charges described in the complaint were allegations at that stage.
📍 Western District of Pennsylvania
ReadMitchell Paul Vukich arrested on federal January 6 charges
Federal authorities arrested Vukich in Pennsylvania. The five complaint-stage offenses were allegations, not convictions.
📍 Pennsylvania
ReadFBI opens full investigation of Christine Crowder
The Senate-released timeline states that the FBI opened a full investigation after an unverified January 6 tip despite negative initial geolocation and facial-recognition searches. This description is attributed to the released records.
📍 Federal Bureau of Investigation
ReadFelipe Martinez released under conditions
Judge Royce C. Lamberth ordered Martinez released under supervision in the Western District of Texas subject to the conditions marked in the signed order.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadCourt partially grants press access to video shown at Klein detention hearing
Judge John D. Bates held that video clips actually shown during Federico Klein’s April 9, 2021 detention hearing were judicial records subject to a strong presumption of public access. The court permitted copying and publication of those clips but denied access through this application to videos merely referenced in filings and never presented to the court. The ruling concerned record access, not guilt.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadSix-count indictment returned
A federal grand jury charged six counts; charges are accusations and not six convictions.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadFi Duong arrested and released under high-intensity supervision
The executed warrant return records arrest on July 2, 2021. A signed order placed Duong on home incarceration with GPS and other conditions. This was a pretrial release decision, not a finding of guilt.
📍 Virginia and Washington, D.C.
ReadFBI paperwork recommends watchlisting Christine Crowder
The released timeline states that FBI paperwork recommended adding Crowder to the Terrorist Screening Dataset. No captured source identifies a criminal charge against her.
📍 Federal Bureau of Investigation
ReadD.C. Circuit affirms Julian Khater detention order
A unanimous D.C. Circuit panel affirmed the May 12 detention order in appeal No. 21-3033. The judgment addressed release conditions and community safety, not the ultimate merits of the indictment.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadScott Fairlamb pleads guilty to two felony counts
Fairlamb pleaded guilty to obstruction of an official proceeding and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadGrand jury indicts Fi Duong on five counts
A grand jury returned a five-count indictment. The counts were allegations at this stage and were not the offense of conviction.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ReadFederal grand jury indicts Ryan Stephen Samsel
A federal grand jury returned charges in D.D.C. The counts were allegations at filing and are recorded separately from later bench-trial findings.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadDavid Nicholas Dempsey arrested in California
The FBI arrested David Nicholas Dempsey in California. DOJ’s same-day announcement described complaint-stage charges and expressly stated that the charges were allegations.
📍 California
ReadCourt revokes Douglas Jensen’s pretrial release
Later ECF Nos. 54 and 55 state that Judge Kelly found release-condition violations by clear and convincing evidence and found Jensen unlikely to comply with release conditions. The native order and hearing transcript remain pending.
📍 Washington, D.C.
ReadJacob Chansley pleaded guilty to one obstruction count
Chansley pleaded guilty to one felony count under 18 U.S.C. §1512(c)(2). Government descriptions of conduct remain attributed to the plea and court record.
📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
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