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Dale Jeremiah Shalvey

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Dale 'DJ' Shalvey and his wife, Tara, built a life together — first around Wheeling and western Pennsylvania, and later in Conover, North Carolina. FACT: DJ and Tara went to Washington on January 6, 2021, together, as a married couple. They faced the aftermath together too, both charged in connection with that day. (Sources: The Intelligencer; Hickory Daily Record.) FACT: Shalvey pleaded guilty in October 2022 to assaulting law enforcement and obstruction of an official proceeding, tied to throwing an object toward the police line and to conduct inside the building. In 2023, Judge Timothy Kelly sentenced him to 41 months; Tara received eight months. (Sources: The Intelligencer; DOJ.) FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency to January 6 defendants. (Source: PBS NewsHour.) The court record is below and it stays there. Alongside it is the human part these headlines skip: a husband and wife who walked into that day side by side and have carried the consequences the same way. THE CASE RECORD: Case No. 1:21-cr-334, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested 3/9/21. Indicted 4/30/21. Pleaded guilty 10/3/22. Sentenced 2023 to 41 months. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.

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Case number
1:21-cr-334
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Disposition
Arrested 3/9/21. Indicted 4/30/21. Arraigned 5/18/21 and pleaded not guilty to all counts. Superseding indictment filed 7/28. Second superseding indictment filed 11/10. Third superseding indictment filed 12/1/2021. Superseding indictment returned 2/2/22. Pleaded guilty 10/3/22.
Arrested
March 9, 2021
Plea
October 3, 2022

Charges

  • Obstruction of Justice/Congress; Knowingly Entering or Remaining in any Restricted Building or Grounds Without Lawful Authority; Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct on Capitol Grounds
  • Civil Disorder
  • Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers Using a Dangerous Weapon and Inflicting Bodily Injury
  • Assauting, Resisting or Impeding Certain Officer
  • Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon

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