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Rebecca Lavrenz

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Rebecca Lavrenz, also publicly known as the “J6 Praying Grandma,” was prosecuted in *United States v. Lavrenz*, No. 1:23-cr-00066-ZMF-1, after an initial complaint in No. 1:22-mj-00208-GMH. This archive separates the FBI’s probable-cause allegations, the jury’s verdict, the reported sentence, the appeal record, the January 2025 pardon, and Lavrenz’s own public statements. ## Verified procedural record The criminal complaint was signed on September 19, 2022, and charged four misdemeanors: 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; and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. The Justice Department’s archived case page reports that Lavrenz was arrested in Denver on December 19, 2022. The FBI Statement of Facts alleges that Capitol surveillance showed Lavrenz entering through the East Rotunda Doors at approximately 2:43 p.m., remaining in and near the Rotunda, briefly speaking with a U.S. Capitol Police officer, and leaving at approximately 2:53 p.m. The filing is a probable-cause affidavit, not a verdict, and its characterizations remain attributed to the government. A jury found Lavrenz guilty of all four misdemeanor counts on April 4, 2024. Contemporary local reporting states that U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui sentenced her on August 12, 2024, to twelve months of probation, including six months of home confinement, a $103,000 fine, and $500 in restitution. The signed judgment and complete sentencing transcript have not yet been captured, so the financial and supervision terms remain tied to the cited reporting until checked against the native court record. Lavrenz filed an appeal on August 26, 2024. The public appellate docket identifies D.C. Circuit case No. 24-3105 and the underlying district case No. 1:23-cr-00066-ZMF-1. The currently captured docket mirror contains only the opening entries; a final appellate disposition has not been verified. President Donald J. Trump’s January 20, 2025 proclamation granted a full pardon for covered January 6 offenses other than the fourteen expressly commuted cases. The Office of the Pardon Attorney’s public certificate-recipient page includes the exact entry “LAVRENZ, REBECCA.” Her individual certificate PDF remains pending capture. ## Firsthand public statement after the pardon In a February 10, 2025 interview published by *The Kim Monson Show*, Lavrenz said her probation officer instructed her to remove her ankle monitor after the pardon. She also said she wanted to continue challenging the legal rulings she believed affected First Amendment rights. Those statements are preserved as Lavrenz’s attributed account; they are not presented as a judicial ruling or a verified description of the current appellate docket. ## Factual questions **Was Lavrenz charged with assault or property destruction?** No. The September 19, 2022 complaint lists four misdemeanor access and conduct offenses and does not charge assault or destruction of property. **Was she convicted?** Yes. A jury returned guilty verdicts on the four misdemeanor counts on April 4, 2024. **Was she sentenced to prison?** No prison term is reflected in the reviewed sources. Contemporary sentencing reports state that the court imposed probation, home confinement, restitution, and a fine. **Was she pardoned?** The January 20, 2025 proclamation covered her January 6 convictions, and the Office of the Pardon Attorney lists her among people issued a certificate. The individual certificate binary is still needed for the archive. **What happened to her appeal?** An appeal was docketed as No. 24-3105 on August 26, 2024. The final disposition is not established by the captured opening docket entries and remains a research gap. ## Source and editorial boundary Charges and descriptions in the complaint and FBI affidavit are government allegations. The jury verdict and sentence are court outcomes. Lavrenz’s explanations of her purpose, faith, pardon, monitoring, and appeal are firsthand statements attributed to her. The archive’s editorial analysis may discuss alleged or documented DOJ weaponization, but that analysis is separate from the underlying source record. ## Archive connections Use the connected source records and timeline for the complaint, FBI affidavit, arrest, verdict, sentence, appeal, pardon, and post-pardon interview. Corrections, native filings, transcripts, photographs with verified provenance, and additional firsthand material may be submitted through the evidence and correction tools.