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Alexander Bennett Sheppard
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageAlexander Bennett Sheppard is from Powell, Ohio. He was 23 when his case went to trial. We keep the record straight: a jury found Sheppard guilty of obstruction of an official proceeding — a felony — along with four misdemeanor counts. The same jury acquitted him on one count (entering or remaining on the floor of Congress) (U.S. Department of Justice). He was sentenced to 19 months in prison, 24 months of supervised release, and $3,170 in restitution and fines (DOJ; NBC4 Columbus). Context worth knowing: the felony obstruction statute used against Sheppard and hundreds of other January 6 defendants was narrowed by the U.S. Supreme Court in Fischer v. United States (June 2024). On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency to January 6 defendants. CASE RECORD Case No. 1:21-cr-203 — U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested February 23, 2021. Indicted March 12, 2021. Convicted at trial; sentenced January 26, 2023. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.
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On the record
- Case number
- 1:21-cr-203
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Sheppard was arrested on 2/23/21. Indicted 3/12/21. Sheppard pleaded not guilty on all counts. Status conference set for 9/17/21 at 10AM. Sentenced at Trial 1/26/23.
- Arrested
- February 23, 2021
- Sentenced
- January 26, 2023
Charges
- Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Entering and Remaining on the Floor of Congress; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
Sentence
Sentenced at Trial 1/26/23
Press & news
- https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/powell/ohio-man-who-recorded-himself-in-the-capitol-sentenced-for-role-in-jan-6-attack/ →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/ohio-man-found-guilty-felony-and-misdemeanor-charges-related-capitol-breach →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/ohio-man-sentenced-felony-and-misdemeanors-committed-during-jan-6-capitol-breach →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
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