Category: Jan. 6 inmates

Jan. 6 Prisoner Who Was Denied Cancer Treatment Now ‘In Dire Straits’

A Jan. 6 prisoner who was released by a federal judge after being denied cancer treatment for eight months is now “in dire straights,” according to his girlfriend. On March 10, 2021, Chris Worrell was arrested and charged with alleged offenses related to his presence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. According to…


Army Reservist Found Guilty of Jan. 6 Capitol Breach Facing 23 Years in Prison

An Army reservist from New Jersey was found guilty Friday on misdemeanor and felony charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Breach when his actions disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain electoral votes related to the presidential election. Timothy Louis Hale-Cusanelli, 32, of Colts Neck, New Jersey, was found…


EXCLUSIVE: Jan. 6 Defendant Says Judge Increased His Drug Charge Sentence Because of Role in Capitol Breach

An Indiana man who was sentenced to four years of incarceration and three years of supervised release for a drug charge from 2017 insists the “judge took into account” his presence in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, to punish him “two times.” In February 2021, 33-year-old Kash Kelly of Hammond, Indiana, was sentenced for conspiracy…


EXCLUSIVE: Jan. 6 Defendant Says Judge Imposed Excessive Drug Charge Sentence Because of Role in Capitol Breach

An Indiana man who was sentenced to four years of incarceration and three years of supervised release for a drug charge from 2017 insists the “judge took into account” his presence in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, to punish him “two times.” In February 2021, 33-year-old Kash Kelly of Hammond, Indiana, was sentenced for conspiracy…


Federal Prisons Boss Answers Few Questions About Jan. 6 Inmates

At the Feb. 3 House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the country’s prisons, members had the chance to ask questions of Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) director Michael Carvajal about the conditions of inmates held in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. But to the dismay of those seeking answers,…


House Judiciary Committee Hears Plight of January 6 Prisoners

Advocates for inmates arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol have lamented the lack of national attention on the inhumane conditions facing those still in detention. That changed Jan. 21, when conservative writer Julie Kelly testified about the matter at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Federal Bureau of…