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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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  1. Barbara Balmaseda Arrested in Miami Lakes

    DOJ reported that Balmaseda was arrested in Miami Lakes, Florida, and made an initial appearance in the Southern District of Florida. The five charged offenses remained allegations.

    📍 Miami Lakes, Florida

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  2. Jonathan Mellis Sentenced

    Judge Randolph D. Moss imposed 51 months imprisonment, 36 months supervised release, and a $20,000 fine, according to the official DOJ release. The signed judgment remains pending capture.

    📍 Washington, D.C.

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  3. Court enters findings after Alex Harkrider stipulated bench trial

    DOJ reports that Judge Royce C. Lamberth found Harkrider guilty on four felony and three misdemeanor counts after a stipulated bench trial. The offenses and government descriptions are preserved with attribution.

    📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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  4. 79 Minutes documentary publisher page released

    Discerning History published its page and full-video link for 79 Minutes: The Breach of the Capitol on January 6th.

    📍 Online

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  5. Richard Avirett sentenced in D.D.C.

    Judge James E. Boasberg imposed 30 days of incarceration, a $10 special assessment, and $500 restitution following Avirett’s misdemeanor plea. Remaining complaint counts were reported dismissed.

    📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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  6. David Nicholas Dempsey pleads guilty to two felony assault counts

    Dempsey pleaded guilty to two counts under 18 U.S.C. § 111(a)(1) and (b) involving assaults on MPD Detective Phuson Nguyen and Sergeant Jason Mastony. The government’s later sentencing memorandum identifies the superseding-information and plea chronology.

    📍 Washington, D.C.

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  7. Christopher Worrell sentenced

    Judge Royce C. Lamberth imposed 120 months imprisonment, 36 months supervised release, $2,000 restitution, and a $610 special assessment.

    📍 Washington, D.C.

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  8. James Ray Epps receives probationary sentence

    Chief Judge James E. Boasberg imposed one year of probation, 100 hours of community service, $500 restitution, and a $25 assessment, with no prison term.

    📍 Washington, D.C.

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  9. Lee Stutts indictment reported filed

    A public docket mirror reports a thirteen-count indictment in D.D.C. case 1:24-cr-00019-TSC. The native indictment remains pending capture.

    📍 Washington, D.C.

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  10. Stephen Ethan Horn sentenced

    Judge Timothy J. Kelly imposed 12 months of probation, 90 hours of community service, and a $2,000 fine. The signed judgment remains pending native capture.

    📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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  11. Parties file competing Felicia Konold sentencing positions

    The government requested six months custody and three years supervised release. The defense requested the Probation Office recommendation of time served, presenting mitigation and remorse arguments. These were advocacy positions, not the court’s judgment.

    📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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  12. FBI complaint and affidavit filed against Andy Steven Oliva-Lopez

    A federal magistrate complaint package was filed under No. 1:24-mj-00017-MAU. Its narrative was submitted to establish probable cause and remains attributed government allegations.

    📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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  13. FBI Statement of Facts filed in Sarty magistrate matter

    A sixteen-page FBI probable-cause affidavit was filed in magistrate matter No. 1:24-mj-00019-MAU. Its allegations and annotated images are attributed to the government.

    📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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  14. Farhad Azari enters two-count guilty plea

    Farhad Azari pleaded guilty to civil disorder and assaulting, resisting or impeding officers with a deadly or dangerous weapon. The native plea agreement and statement of offense remain uncaptured.

    📍 Washington, D.C.

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  15. Edward Richmond Jr. arrested in Louisiana

    The DOJ announced that the FBI arrested Richmond in Baton Rouge and that he would make an initial appearance in the Middle District of Louisiana. The charges remained allegations at this stage.

    📍 Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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  16. Andy Steven Oliva-Lopez arrested in Oregon

    DOJ reported that the FBI arrested Oliva-Lopez in Milwaukie and that he made an initial appearance in the District of Oregon.

    📍 Milwaukie, Oregon

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  17. Felicia Konold sentenced

    Judge Timothy J. Kelly imposed 45 days’ imprisonment, 24 months’ supervised release, a $100 assessment and $2,000 restitution. The signed judgment directed surrender no earlier than April 1, 2024 and imposed 90 days of home detention with location monitoring during supervision.

    📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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  18. Lee Stutts pleads not guilty

    Contemporary courthouse reporting states that Stutts entered a not-guilty plea at arraignment.

    📍 Washington, D.C.

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  19. Alan St. Onge pleads guilty to two civil-disorder counts

    St. Onge pleaded guilty before Judge Carl J. Nichols to two felony counts of civil disorder.

    📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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  20. Imprisonment reduced to time served

    The April 2025 opinion records that ECF No. 66 reduced imprisonment to time served; the native order remains pending capture.

    📍 Washington, D.C.

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  21. Bench-trial findings entered for Ryan Samsel and co-defendants

    Judge Jia M. Cobb found Samsel and four co-defendants guilty on various felony and misdemeanor counts after a bench trial. Government descriptions of the evidence remain attributed to DOJ.

    📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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  22. Seth and Cepane Sarty arrested in Georgia

    DOJ reported that the FBI arrested Seth Sarty and Cepane Sarty in Georgia on February 5, 2024. Complaint allegations had not been adjudicated.

    📍 Georgia

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  23. Court grants Isaac Thomas renewed pretrial release

    The court granted Thomas's renewed release motion subject to strict conditions. The memorandum opinion addressed whether conditions could reasonably manage appearance and safety concerns; it did not decide the merits of the indictment.

    📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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  24. Peter Michael Krill Jr. sentenced

    Chief Judge James E. Boasberg sentenced Krill to nine months’ imprisonment, twelve months of supervised release, and $2,000 restitution, according to DOJ’s official announcement.

    📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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  25. Free Thought Project publishes Scott Fairlamb interview

    Publisher metadata identifies Fairlamb as the guest in a long-form interview about his January 6 experience and case timeline. Statements remain attributed firsthand claims.

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  26. Daniel Paul Gray sentenced

    Judge Amy Berman Jackson imposed 30 months’ imprisonment, 36 months’ supervised release, and $2,000 restitution.

    📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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  27. Brian Mock receives original 33-month sentence

    DOJ reported an original sentence of 33 months’ imprisonment, 24 months’ supervised release, and $2,710 in restitution and fines. This sentence was later amended to time served.

    📍 Washington, D.C.

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  28. "Mental Torture" — 1,945 Recreation Minutes Lost

    Quantitative cruelty math entered into the formal grievance record: 1,945 recreation minutes lost over a two-week period, alongside 23+ hour-per-day lockdowns explicitly labeled "MENTAL TORTURE" in the IGP filings.

    📍 DC DOC, Central Treatment Facility

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  29. Brian Mock appeal docketed in D.C. Circuit

    Appeal No. 24-3027 was opened from D.D.C. case 1:21-cr-00444-JEB-1. The public mirror reviewed for this archive contains only the opening entries, so no final appellate outcome is claimed.

    📍 U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

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  30. FBI complaint affidavit attested in John Banuelos matter

    An FBI Statement of Facts was attested in magistrate matter 1:24-mj-00095-RMM. Its descriptions remain probable-cause allegations.

    📍 Washington, D.C.

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  31. John Emanuel Banuelos arrested in Illinois

    DOJ reported that the FBI arrested Banuelos in Summit, Illinois on complaint-stage felony and misdemeanor charges.

    📍 Summit, Illinois

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  32. Andrew Carvajal arraigned and pleads not guilty

    The court's later dismissal order states that Andrew Carvajal was arraigned on four misdemeanor counts and entered not-guilty pleas. The counts remained allegations.

    📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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  33. Steven Patrick Cook pleads guilty to two felony counts

    Cook pleaded guilty to two counts of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers. The event records a plea outcome, not a moral characterization.

    📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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  34. Seth and Cepane Sarty enter not-guilty pleas

    The court’s later dismissal opinion records that both defendants entered not-guilty pleas on March 22, 2024.

    📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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  35. Court grants Anthony Williams release pending appeal

    While the Supreme Court was reviewing Fischer, the district court granted Williams’s renewed motion for release pending appeal.

    📍 Washington, D.C.

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  36. 2023-2024 IGP Exhaustion Campaign

    Multi-month systematic exhaustion of the four-level DC DOC Inmate Grievance Procedure (Informal → Formal → Level 1 → Level 2 → Deputy Director) on denied testosterone replacement therapy, denied Vitamin D, denied Levothyroxine, and on the broader allegation that Coordinator T. Campbell deliberately sabotages the grievance process. Required predicate for federal compensation.

    📍 DC DOC

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  37. Zach Rash arrested in Utah

    The FBI arrested Zach Rash in Payson, Utah. The DOJ complaint-stage charges were allegations and did not determine guilt.

    📍 Payson, Utah

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  38. Jury returns verdicts in United States v. Lavrenz

    A jury found Lavrenz guilty on the four misdemeanor counts. The verdict is a court outcome and is not presented as a moral judgment.

    📍 Washington, D.C.

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  39. Daniel Morrissey resentenced to three years of probation

    After the D.C. Circuit remanded for resentencing in light of United States v. Little, the district court resentenced Morrissey to three years of probation. The October 15, 2025 order confirms this procedural history.

    📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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  40. Felipe Martinez sentenced

    Judge Royce C. Lamberth imposed 21 months’ imprisonment, 36 months’ supervised release, $2,000 restitution and a $250 special assessment.

    📍 Washington, D.C.

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  41. Jacquelyn Starer pleads guilty to eight counts

    DOJ reports that Starer pleaded guilty before Judge Timothy J. Kelly to two felony counts and six misdemeanor counts.

    📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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  42. Notarized Witness Statement: U.S. Marshals + DC DOC Chief Confirm IGP "Broken"

    Notarized witness statement (scan j6s8-090) names U.S. Marshal Ricky Rice, Marvin T. Buckhalter, and Chief Anderton as having acknowledged the DC DOC Inmate Grievance Procedure is broken. Co-signed by Peter Stager and James McGrew. Independent federal acknowledgment of grievance-process collapse.

    📍 DC DOC

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  43. Superseding indictment reported in Lee Stutts case

    The Charlotte Observer reported that two additional officer-assault counts brought the reported total to fifteen. The native filing remains pending.

    📍 Washington, D.C.

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  44. FBI Statement of Facts filed in Thomas Tatum case

    An FBI affidavit was attested and filed under seal in United States v. Tatum, No. 1:24-cr-00291-JDB. The filing asserted probable cause for one civil-disorder felony and four misdemeanor offenses. These were government allegations, not findings of guilt.

    📍 Washington, D.C.

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  45. Court denies vindictive-prosecution dismissal motion

    Judge Rudolph Contreras rejected the defense claim that a later superseding indictment was vindictive. This procedural ruling did not decide guilt.

    📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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  46. Government files sentencing memorandum for Alan St. Onge

    The government filed ECF No. 142 requesting 21 months’ imprisonment and other terms. The filing is prosecution advocacy, not the ultimate sentence.

    📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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  47. Alex Harkrider sentenced

    Judge Royce C. Lamberth sentenced Harkrider to 24 months’ imprisonment, 24 months’ supervised release, and $2,000 restitution.

    📍 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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  48. D.C. Circuit affirms Thomas Webster convictions and sentence

    The D.C. Circuit affirmed in No. 22-3064 after reviewing venue, jury impartiality, cross-examination, jury-instruction, and sentencing claims.

    📍 Washington, D.C.

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