Schwemmer and a friend entered the Capitol through an open door. She claimed “no police officer told them to stop.” She stated “police were around them and letting them walk around.”
She exited the building peacefully with her friend, stating the building seemed “messy and smelled bad.”
Please keep in mind that in the United States, every citizen charged with a crime is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
- First Name(s): Esther
- Last Name(s): Schwemmer
- Case Number: 1:21-cr-364
- Arrest Location: Kansas City, KS
- Judge: Dabney Friedrich
- Entry Last Updated: 05/02/2022
- Date Docket Downloaded: 04/23/2022
- Currently Incarcerated: No
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Charges
18:1752(a)(1); TEMPORARY RESIDENCE OF THE PRESIDENT; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building. (1) 18:1752(a)(2); TEMPORARY RESIDENCE OF THE PRESIDENT; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building. (2) 40:5104(e)(2)(D); VIOLENT ENTRY AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT ON CAPITOL GROUNDS; Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building. (3) 40:5104(e)(2)(G); VIOLENT ENTRY AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT ON CAPITOL GROUNDS; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building. (4)
Case Status
Schwemmer was arrested on 4/23/21. Released on personal recognizance on 05/12/21. She pleaded guilty to count 4 on 9/28/21. Sentencing held on 1/10/22, sentenced to two (2) years of probation, $500 restitution and $10 special assessment.
USA Attorney
Anita Eve
Anita Eve
U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE/PA
615 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
(215) 861-8577
Email: [email protected]
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Assistant U.S. Attorney
Esther Schwemmer's Mailing Address
NA-Released on personal recognizance.
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Case Documents
- Esther Schwemmer Docket Sheet as of 04/23/2022
- Docket-Download-10.12.21
- #1-SEALED COMPLAINT as to ESTHER SCHWEMMER
- #3-MOTION to Seal Case by USA as to ESTHER SCHWEMMER
- #4-ORDER granting 3 Motion to Seal Case as to ESTHER SCHWEMMER
- #5-MOTION to Unseal Case by USA as to ESTHER SCHWEMMER
- #6-ORDER Granting MOTION to Unseal Case by USA as to ESTHER SCHWEMMER
- #8-NOTICE OF ATTORNEY APPEARANCE
- #9-INFORMATION as to ESTHER SCHWEMMER
- #11-Rule 5(c)(3) Documents Received as to ESTHER SCHWEMMER from US District Court for the District of Kansas
- #12-Arrest Warrant, dated 4.15.2021, returned executed on 5.6.2021 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia as to Defendant ESTHER SCHWEMMER.
- #13-ORDER Setting Conditions of Release
- #17-First MOTION for Protective Order
- #18-ORDER granting the 17 Unopposed Motion for Protective Order as to ESTHER SCHWEMMER
- #20-MOTION to Continue Hearing by ESTHER SCHWEMMER
- #21-Consent MOTION to Continue Hearing, Consent MOTION for Speedy Trial to Exclude Time by ESTHER SCHWEMMER
- #22-PLEA AGREEMENT as to ESTHER SCHWEMMER
- #23-STATEMENT OF OFFENSE by USA, ESTHER SCHWEMMER as to ESTHER SCHWEMMER
- #24-WAIVER of Trial by Jury as to ESTHER SCHWEMMER
- #28-Consent MOTION to Continue Sentencing, Consent MOTION to Exclude Speedy Trial Time by ESTHER SCHWEMMER_
- #29-SENTENCING MEMORANDUM by USA as to ESTHER SCHWEMMER
- #30-SENTENCING MEMORANDUM by ESTHER SCHWEMMER
- #31-NOTICE of Filing Allocution Statement for Sentencing by ESTHER SCHWEMMER re 30 Sentencing Memorandum
- #34-JUDGMENT as to ESTHER SCHWEMMER
- #36-Probation Jurisdiction Transferred to United States District Court for the District of Kansas as to ESTHER SCHWEMMER Transmitted Transfer of Jurisdiction form
- #38-Consent MOTION to Alter Judgment, Consent MOTION to Modify Conditions of Release by ESTHER SCHWEMMER_
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