LOGAN JAMES BARNHART & RONALD COLTON MCABEE -2nd superseding indictment- no Pretrial Detention
Joins other co-defendants JEFFREY P. SABOL (1) count(s) 1ss, 2ss, 5ss, 6ss, 8ss-9ss, 13ss-14ss, 15ss, 16ss, 17ss, 18ss, 22ss, PETER FRANCIS STAGER (2) count(s) 1ss, 2ss, 9ss, 16ss, 17ss, 18ss, 22ss…
Apologies for being MIA on August 17, 2021 —as I mentioned on Sunday, August 15, 2021 —I wanted to set your expectations that this week would be particularly brutal. As my professional obligations would, unfortunately limit my bandwidth. Both in terms of time constraints and my intellectual capacity after business hours. Even after an exhausting day, I typically have some juice left in the tank to continue to do more research and publish an article. But like I said on Sunday;
“…I might be offline intermittently but I have a few articles set up in the prepublication queue. You’ll be fine with a little less of me this week…”
Defendants Jeffrey Sabol & Peter Stanger Background
Did you really think that I had actually forgotten about this case? as to the aforementioned defendants, they were one of the first to be arrested and charged. The brutality of their actions. The lack of contriteness. And not to be outdone the lack responsibility…
Or that I had completely forgotten about this case too? Oh come on now -have I taught you nothing. Certainly while it “might” (operative word) appear that I’m not paying attention, I am —although I do find myself in a “hurry up and wait” posture. Largely I’m just biding my time because eventually and especially when the docket is updated. When an alert goes off it brings me a brief moment of joy. Notwithstanding it would also warrant (see what I did there) a revisitation of an article (or a few) that were published many many months ago.
Seven domestic terrorist
The Defendant you see with the dark long hair (minute marker 1:27 thru 2:18) that Sabol and he’s surrounded by the eight other co-defendants. I am sorry for yelling but I’ll keep saying this because it needs to be said: DOMESTIC TERRORIST SHOULD NOT BE “released” or RoR’d
Domestic Terrorist present a clear and present danger to the community👇🏻
Second Superseding Indictment & new defendants
The second superseding indictment (see DDC-ECF or via DOJ-OPA) was filed (under seal) on August 4, 2021. Arrest warrants for newly charged co-Defendants;
LOGAN JAMES BARNHART Indicted, SR2, see counts 2, 9, 19, 20, 21, 22
RONALD COLTON MCABEE indicted, SR2 counts 3, 7, 8, 10, 16, 17, 18, 22.
FBI-AFO #134 A-D
On August 17, 2021 the FBI (in Michigan) took Defendant Barnhart into custody and the second superseding indictment was unsealed -as alleged in the indictment
Defendant Barnhart, along with three other co-defendants used a baton, flag pole and crutch to "forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, and interfere with ... an officer from the Metropolitan Police Department…”
Interesting that Defendant MCABEE wasn’t charged with Count Two -because that had an “enhancement“, that being, the use of a deadly or dangerous weapon while assaulting Law Enforcement Officers. Whereas Defendant LOGAN JAMES BARNHART was charged with Count Two of the superseding indictment
Logan Barnhart didn’t exactly keep a low profile. In the weeks following the Jan6th Insurrection, Barnhart used his Instagram Account to troll and taunt the FBI. His YouTube Channel has just over 90 videos but on the whole, it appears he really stopped uploading videos to his channel about five years ago. Whereas his Business Facebook Page appears to have been abandoned in late 2019 LansingBodyConstruction , archived —
Of the charges, Barnhart’s assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon, has the enhancement, that’s going to be problematic for Barnhart see 18 U.S.C. §111(a)(1) and (b)- which reads in part:
(b)Enhanced Penalty.— Whoever, in the commission of any acts described in subsection (a), uses a deadly or dangerous weapon (including a weapon intended to cause death or danger but that fails to do so by reason of a defective component) or inflicts bodily injury, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
And you’ll note that Defendant McAbew was charged with actually inflicting bodily injury on at least two Law Enforcement Officers (and do you think the USAO-DC filed ANY PRETRIAL DETENTION MOTION -nope). Whereas both were charged with aiding and abetting, among other charges.
As to the other six defendants, the second superseding indictment adds the following additional charges for;
Defendant Sabol —obstruction of an official proceeding, civil disorder and two additional counts of assaulting or impeding officers.
Defendant Lopatic—obstruction of an official proceeding and aiding and abetting, and theft in a federal enclave.
Defendant Witton —additional count of assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers.
Defendants Sabol and Whitton continue to remain in custody pending trial. And now is when it starts to feel like Groundhog Day, again and again.
-USAO-DC FAILED AGAIN
Again I’m sorry for yelling -If you assault an Officer, if you Injure an Officer why are you not detained pending trial? Again that’s a lawful and reasonable threshold. I genuinely do not understand why the current “acting” US Attorney for DC continues to “go soft” on these domestic terrorist. The USAO-DC haphazardness means some defendants who are detained are using the USAO-DC own lack of filing a Pretrial Detention Motion. Because if my rough calculations are correct —let me quantify this for you. Nearly 8.per 10 defendants is not in custody.
United States v. Barnhart See WDMI-ECF for MJCase 1:21-mj-00447
BOND and ORDER setting conditions of release as to defendant Logan James Barnhart on $5,000 unsecured appearance bond; signed by Magistrate Judge Sally J. Berens. See WDMI-ECF or via my Scribd Link
Defendant Barnhart was previously convicted of Rioting
In 1999 Logan Barnhart was convicted of taking part in a riot, which tipped over a parked car and he was sentenced to <45 days in Jail. He attempted to appeal his conviction. His request was denied by a Michigan (state) Appellate Court, see Michigan v Barnhart circa 2000 case file
The 1999 criminal case states Barnhart helped tip over a car,
he was found guilty and was sentenced to 45 days in jail;
convicted of unlawful assembly for a riot, a felony punishable by up to five years in prison.
furthermore he was also sentenced with two years' probation
ordered to pay $5,500 in restitution
ordered to complete 100 hours of community service
United States v. McAbee see MDTN-MJ case No: 3:21-mj-02956
Minute Entry (see MDTN-ECF) for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Jeffery S. Frensley:
Initial Appearance in Rule 5(c)(3) Proceedings as to Ronald McAbee held on 8/17/2021 by videoconference.
Defendant appeared with appointed counsel Isaiah S. Gant.
Detention hearing continued to 9:30 AM on 8/26/2021\
ORDER as to Ronald McAbee: Detention Hearing by video is set for 8/26/2021 at 9:30 AM before Magistrate Judge Jeffery S. Frensley. Signed by Magistrate Judge Jeffery S. Frensley on 8/17/2021. -see MDTN-ECF
ORDER APPOINTING FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER as to Ronald McAbee. Signed by Magistrate Judge Jeffery S. Frensley on 8/17/2021. -See MDTN-ECF
Arrest Warrant Returned Executed on 8/17/2021 in Nashville, Tennessee as to RONALD COLTON MCABEE —see DDC-ECF
Generally speaking the “you need exercise patience” —that phrase is much easier to say then to put it into practice. Then the varying attempts to judiciously refrained from overly harsh criticism. Again trying to check my own expectations Just about six weeks ago I published this article. The purpose was to contemporaneously memorialize various facts and data
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To be clear for the past few weeks I’ve vacillated between wanting to give the USAO-DC the benefit of the doubt —to— oy vey what in the bleep is going on with that office. Conversely I’m not one to say Attorney General Garland, Director Wray, etc all need to be fired. Again my position has been narrowly focused on the “acting” US Attorney for DC and the haphazard way the UASO-DC decided when to file a Pretrial Detention Motion.
And further discussed just a few days ago
So as of August 18 Defendant Barnhart has been released on a $5K bond with minimal restrictions but MCABEE has a detention hearing scheduled for next week. And that’s kind of emblematic of the current Acting USAO-DC —between the nonsensical to detain or not to detain. The message is pretty clear - if you as a domestic terrorist beat the ___ out of Law Enforcement don’t worry the current “acting” US Attorney for DC will ensure your not remanded into custody because after all “you were just tourist, not terrorist”…
It is like groundhog day and it is infuriating and disheartening! Is there hope that the judge who sentences them will actually punish them?
who has the power to remove / replace the USAO-DC? nvm, I can look it up. More importantly, why isn't someone investigating the inconsistencies and haphazard way the rulings are coming in?