Data

The data for this report are from two sources. The population of cases was identified using The Prosecution Project’s (tPP) dataset of summer/fall 2020 protest-related felony cases. This lists 1,630 cases, 366 of which are federal. This list is not comprehensive. The Prosecution Project occasionally adds cases to it. It was last updated on July 13, 2022.

The source for information on sentencing is the Federal Judicial Center’s (FJC) Integrated Database (IDB). It includes dispositions through September 2022.

276 of the federal offenders were matched to IDB data. 28 offenders without felony convictions were not matched because they have a co-defendant and the correct IDB record could not be determined without reviewing the docket individually. 44 offenders were not matched because they did not have a criminal docket. This leaves 16 criminal offenders whose cases could not be successfully matched to an IDB record, and whose disposition could not be confirmed.

Summary

Frequency of filing offenses

Title Frequency
18:231.F 53
18:922G.F 46
18:844I.F 43
18:371.F 29
40:1315.P 23
18:111A.M 22
18:844F.F 20
18:2101.F 16
18:844N.F 15
18:111.F 12
18:2118B.F 11
18:844A.F 10
18:844E.F 10
18:922A.F 10
18:1361.F 9
18:875C.F 8
26:5861D.F 8
18:844G.F 6
18:922U.F 5
26:5841.F 5
18:2113A.F 4
18:2339A.F 4
18:844H.F 4
18:13-7990.M 3
18:1361.M 3
18:1951.F 3
18:39A.F 3
18:922C.F 3
26:5861C.F 3
26:5861F.F 3
18:115A1B.F 2
18:13-7910.F 2
18:2113B.F 2
18:2339B.F 2
18:641.F 2
18:875A.F 2
18:912.F 2
18:922J.F 2
18:922N.F 2
18:922O.F 2
18:924A.F 2
18:924C.F 2
49:46307.M 2
18:1001.F 1
18:1014.F 1
18:1038.F 1
18:115.F 1
18:13-9993.F 1
18:13-9999.F 1
18:1343.F 1
18:1512C.F 1
18:1752.P 1
18:2.F 1
18:201A.F 1
18:2119.F 1
18:38.F 1
18:4.F 1
18:875D.F 1
18:879.F 1
18:931.F 1
21:844A=MP.M 1
22DC:404.F 1
26:5861A.F 1
49:46506.M 1

Dispositions

229 of the defendants we matched to IDB records are associated with a felony complaint.
32 of these cases do not have a recorded disposition. They are likely still awaiting an outcome, or have not been updated yet. The harshest dispositions for the other 197 cases are below.

Sentences

174 cases have a recorded Sentencing Date. 155 of those have a non-missing value for total prison time (including 0). 90% of those 155 defendants received 60 months or less. 26 of them received no prison time. The longest sentence so far is 15 years . The sentences for the 167 defendants convicted of felony offenses are represented below.

Hover your mouse over a point to see defendant information. Points with a black outline represent defendants convicted of one of the same offenses as Richard. Defendants convicted of an offense with a mandatory minimum are represented as triangles.

Terroristic offenses

20 of these defendants have pleaded guilty to and been sentenced for an offense included in 18 USC § 2332b(g)(5). 80% of them received 60 months or less. 4 of them received no prison time.

Hover your mouse over a point to see defendant information. Defendants convicted of an offense with a mandatory minimum are represented as triangles.

Based on our research, Michael Solomon and Benjamin Teeter are the only defendants in whose case the prosecutor requested a terrorism enhancement. They are “Boogaloo Bois” who intended to engage in arms trafficking to aid a foreign terrorist organization. They cooperated extensively with federal officers after their arrest, and the judge denied the requests for a terrorism enhancement.

The cases for all the convicted and sentenced felons are below. Where available, click the defendant name for the transcript summary and the case number for the transcript itself.

Name Case Number Violent Destructive Richard Plea Offense Prison Time
Alexander Charles Pridgen 4:20-CR-00121 TRUE 15
Anessa Fierro 3:20-CR-00134 FALSE 60
Benjamin Ryan Teeter 0:20-CR-00193 No No FALSE 48
Carlos Espriu 5:20-CR-00171 FALSE 60
David Elmakayes 2:20-CR-00218 No Yes FALSE 180
Diego Vargas 1:20-CR-00708 No Yes FALSE 60
Fornandous Cortez Henderson 0:20-CR-00146 FALSE 78
Gabriel Agard-Berryhill 3:20-CR-00352 TRUE 0
Garrett Patrick Ziegler 0:20-CR-00188 FALSE 60
Jeanette Renee Wallace 2:20-CR-00289 TRUE 0
Kelsey Donnel Jackson 2:20-CR-00542 FALSE 24
Kevin Benjamin Weier 3:20-CR-00263 No Yes TRUE 0
Marc Bell Gonzales 0:20-CR-00180 FALSE 37
Matthew Scott White 0:20-CR-00173 FALSE 72
Michael Robert Solomon 0:20-CR-00193 No No FALSE 36
Reginald Lewis 2:21-CR-00044 TRUE 0
Sean Cardenas 3:21-CR-50007 FALSE 60
Shelby Ligons 3:20-CR-00161 Yes FALSE 12
Wesley Somers 3:20-CR-00161 No Yes FALSE 60
Willie Tremaine Johnson 3:20-CR-00134 FALSE 60