Aurora Man Among Nearly 80 Ohioans To Have Jan. 6 Sentences Pardoned, Commuted Under Trump

Donald Trump announced Monday that he would commute, pardon or dismiss cases against nearly 1,500 people accused of storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a deadly, failed attempt to stop certification of former President Joe Biden’s victory.

Nearly 80 Ohioans were arrested, charged and prosecuted for their actions on that day and are likely to have their cases overturned.

Trump and the White House made no apparent distinction between those who engaged in violence against police officers or vandalism and theft inside the Capitol and those who simply entered the building with the rioters.

A photo posted on the Facebook page of Troy Elbert Faulkner, 39, of Whitehall, shows him kicking in a window during the insurrection rioting Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol, according to a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia.

President Trump on Monday called the insurrectionists convicted and imprisoned the “J6 hostages” during a media briefing and claimed that they were treated unjustly and unfairly. He said he did not discuss them during his inauguration address at the request of his wife, Melania, and Vice President JD Vance of Ohio.

In addition to pardoning those already sentenced, Trump’s decree orders the U.S. Attorney General and the Department of Justice to dismiss, with prejudice, all pending cases against defendants who have not been convicted or sentenced.

Included in the list of 14 named insurrectionists whose sentences were commuted was a 37-year-old Aurora man.

LYON provided FBI Agents with consent to download his Samsung Note 4. Upon review of the data from the phone, there was one picture and one video sent from THOMPSON to LYON on January 6, 2021. Both messages were sent from phone number ending in -9685, the number associated with THOMPSON. Additionally, the name below the phone number is “Dustin.”

Whose cases are being dismissed with prejudice?

According to the executive order, the cases of over a dozen Ohioans charged in the insurrection will be dismissed with prejudice, meaning prosecutors cannot refile the cases in the future for any reason. Paperwork was being filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to finalize the dismissals, court records show. The Ohioans this will impact are:

Trevor F. Cain, of Aurora, was charged in 2023 with felony obstruction of an official proceeding and multiple misdemeanor counts. He pleaded guilty in August 2024 but had not yet been sentenced.
Jared Hunter Adams, of Hilliard, was arrested in 2021, and his charges include knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building. Adams was found guilty at trial in December 2023 but had not yet been sentenced.
Shawndale and Donald Chilcoat, a couple from Celina, were both charged in 2022 with multiple counts, including entering and remaining in the gallery of Congress. Their cases had not gone to trial.
Patrick Duffy, of Cleveland Heights, was arrested in March and charged with counts including disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds. Duffy pleaded guilty in December but had not yet been sentenced.
Cleophus Dulaney, of Columbus, a former Republican congressional candidate, was arrested in February and charged with multiple counts, including two felonies: obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder and assaulting, resisting or impeding officers. His case had not yet gone to trial.
Dean Robert Harshman, of Paynesville, was arrested in 2023 and charged with obstructing or impeding an official proceeding, among other counts. Harshman pleaded guilty in September but had not been sentenced.
Clayton Hildebrand, of West Jefferson, was charged with entering and remaining in a restricted building. His case had not gone to trial.
Evan M. Hunt, of Columbus, was arrested in March and charged with multiple counts, including a felony offense of obstruction of an official proceeding. His case had not gone to trial.
Larry John Lucas, of Painesville, was charged in May with multiple counts, including disruptive conduct on restricted grounds. Lucas pleaded guilty in December but had not been sentenced.
Peter W. Malone, of Cleveland Heights, was arrested in May and charged with multiple counts, including disorderly conduct in a Capitol building. Malone pleaded guilty in December but had not yet been sentenced.
Dustin Martin, of Grove City, was arrested in 2023 and charged with multiple counts, including obstruction of an official proceeding. Martin pleaded guilty in October but had not been sentenced.
Andrew Miller, of Wayne Township in Tuscarawas County, was arrested in April and accused of traveling with a group of 10 to 15 people by passenger van to Washington from northeast Ohio. He faced charges including disorderly conduct in the Capitol building. Miller pleaded guilty in September but had not yet been sentenced.
Clay Allen Norris, of Canton, was arrested in May on a felony charge of civil disorder and other misdemeanor charges. Norris had pleaded guilty in December but had not been sentenced.
Michael Abinadi Picciuto, of Kirtland, was arrested in January on charges including civil disorder, a felony. His case had not gone to trial.
Benjamin Michael Shuler, of Grove City, was arrested in 2023 and charged with multiple misdemeanors and two felonies: civil disorder and assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers. His case had not gone to trial.

Who are other Ohioans arrested for actions during the Jan. 6 insurrection?

While the White House did not release a comprehensive list of names of those impacted, these are the Ohio residents whom The Columbus Dispatch had previously reported were convicted and sentenced as of Tuesday.

Stephen M. Ayres, of Trumbull County, two years probation, 100 hours community service, $500 restitution
Steven Billingsly, of Richmond, two years probation, 60 hours community service, $500 restitution
Therese Mauer Borgerding, of Piqua, 50 days in prison and three years supervised release, $2,000 restitution
Gabriel Burress, of the Toledo area, 18 months probation, $500 restitution
Kyle Andrew Campbell, of Columbus, four months in prison, three years supervised release, $2,000 restitution
Jack Chambers, of South Lebanon, 30 months probation, $500 fine, $500 restitution
Joshua Coker, of Oregon, three years probation, $500 restitution
William Dunfee, of Frazeysburg, pastor of a Warsaw church, 30 months prison, three years supervised release, $2,000 restitution, $1,000 fine
Luke Faulkner, of Blanchester, two years probation, 30 days home confinement, 60 hours community service, $500 restitution
Troy E. Faulkner, of Whitehall, who wore a jacket with the name of his painting business on it to the Capitol, five months in prison, $10,560 restitution
Robert and Steven Hanna, twin brothers from Dayton, two years probation, $500 fine, $500 restitution
Timothy Allen Hart, of Huber Heights, three years probation, $2,000 restitution
Benjamin R. Heffelfinger, of Somerset, two years probation
James Matthew Horning, of New Holland, got 30 days in prison, one year probation, 60 hours community service, $500 restitution
Derek Jancart, of Columbus’ South East Side near Canal Winchester, 45 days in prison
Caleb Jones, of Columbus’ Northwest Side, two years probation, including two months of home confinement; $500 restitution
Jared Samuel Kastner, of Beavercreek, five months prison, one year supervised release
Terry Lynn Lindsey, of Piqua, five months in prison, three years probation, 60 hours community service, $500 restitution
Saul Llamas, of Cleveland, one year, six months probation; 120 hours community service; $500 restitution, $2,500 fine
Michael Scott Lockwood, of Warren, one year, one day in prison
Robert Lyon, who had addresses in Columbus and Reynoldsburg, 40 days in prison, $1,000 fine, $2,000 restitution
Clifford Mackrell and his father, Michael Mackrell, both of Wellington, two years and three months each in prison
Kenneth Duncan Massie, of Greenfield, two years probation, 30 days of home confinement, $500 restitution
David Mehaffie, of Kettering, 14 months in prison, two years probation
Walter J. Messer, of Englewood, two years probation, $500 restitution
Adam Miller, of Smithville, 30 days in prison, three years probation, $500 fine, $500 restitution
Brandon Miller and his wife, Stephanie Miller, both of Bradford, 20 days and 14 days in prison, respectively, 60 hours each community service, $500 each restitution.
Bennie Alvin Parker and his wife, Sandra Ruth Parker, both of Morrow, five years each probation, including one year home confinement for Sandra and six months home confinement for Bennie
Joshua Parmenter, of Lancaster, five days in prison, one year probation, $500 restitution
Madison Pettit, of the Toledo area, 18 months probation, $500 restitution
Mason R. Porter, of Rittman, 24 months probation, $500 restitution
Christine Priola, of Willoughby, 15 months in prison, $2,000 restitution
Erik Rau, of Columbus, 45 days in prison, $500 restitution
Oliver Louis Sarko, of Columbus, 30 days in prison, three years probation, $500 restitution
Ethan C. Seitz, of Sandusky, 60 days home detention, three years probation, $500 restitution
Paul Lee Seymour Sr., of Butler County, and his son, Paul Lee Seymour Jr., of Powell, one year each probation, 60 hours community service, $500 restitution

Investigators included this picture, taken during the Jan. riot at the U.S. Capitol, in court filings outlining charges against Alexander Sheppard, 21, of Powell, circled to the right.

Jordan Siemers, of Perry, one year probation, 60 hours community service, $1,500 fine, $500 restitution
Justin Michael Smith, of Garfield Heights, three years probation, $500 restitution
Devin Steiner, of Wooster, 30 days in prison, three years probation, $500 fine, $500 restitution
Justin Stoll, of Wilmington, two years probation
Ryan Swoope, of Perry, four years, three months in prison
Cole Andrew Temple, of Swanton, three years probation. His mother, Jodi Lynn Wilson, also of Swanton, got 20 days in prison and three years probation.
Cody Lee Tippett, of Grove City, 30 days in prison, three years probation, $500 restitution
Colton Wargo, 27, of Westlake, and his mother, Kimberly Wargo, 57, of North Olmsted, two weeks in prison, three years probation, $500 restitution each.
John Douglas Wright, of Canton, four years, one month in prison, $2,000 restitution
Abigail Yazdani-Isfehani, of Albany, and her sister, Loruhamah Yazdani-Isfehani, of Logan, two years each probation, 100 hours community service, $500 restitution; their brother, Loammi (Elijah) Yazdani-Isfehani, of Albany, two weeks in prison, two years probation, 100 hours community service, $500 restitution.

Dispatch reporter Bethany Bruner contributed to this story.

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