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Jonathan Daniel Carlton

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Jonathan Daniel Carlton - known to many as Danny - is a Baker County, Florida man who served as a state corrections officer. Before January 6, 2021, Carlton worked as a corrections officer at Union Correctional Institution in Raiford, Florida, holding the line inside one of the state's prisons. [FACT - News4Jax] On January 6 he entered the Capitol; he was charged with misdemeanors and was not accused of any violence. [FACT - court record] Jonathan Daniel Carlton pleaded guilty on March 29, 2022 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and was sentenced August 26, 2022 to 36 months probation, 40 hours of community service and $500 restitution. On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency to the January 6 defendants. [FACT - court record / clemency] Case record: United States v. Jonathan Daniel Carlton, No. 1:21-cr-247, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. 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-247
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Disposition
Arrested on 3/11/21. Initial appearance 3/17/21. Indicted 3/24/21. Arraigned 5/28/21 where he pleaded not guilty to all counts. Pleaded guilty 3/29/22. Sentenced 8/26/22 to 36 months’ probation, 40 hours of community service, $500 restitution.
Arrested
March 11, 2021
Plea
March 29, 2022
Sentenced
August 26, 2022

Charges

  • Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building

Sentence

36 months’ probation, 40 hours of community service, $500 restitution

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