There are 7 article(s) tagged Matthew Bledsoe:

• January 2025

  • Four Memphis-area Jan. 6 defendants among those pardoned by Trump

    Former Memphian Richard Barnett, 64, was released from Federal Bureau of Prisons custody at 11 p.m. on Jan. 20, 2025.

    By Julia Baker, Rob Moore January 21, 2025

• October 2022

  • Former Cordova resident sentenced to 48 months for actions in Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection

    Matthew Bledsoe, a Memphis businessman and former Cordova resident, has been sentenced to 48 months in prison for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection.

    By Alicia Davidson October 21, 2022

• July 2022

  • Memphis-area ‘loudmouth’ convicted of felony, misdemeanors in Jan. 6 trial

    Memphis-area resident Matthew Bledsoe was found guilty of the felony offense of obstruction of an official proceeding, and four misdemeanor offenses for his actions on Jan. 6, 2021.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff July 21, 2022

• March 2021

  • Memphis man charged in Capitol riot indicted as part of group

    Matthew Bledsoe, who was charged with taking part in the U.S Capitol insurrection Jan. 6, has been indicted along with three other Tennessee men. 

    By Yolanda Jones March 12, 2021

• February 2021

  • Memphis area men charged in Capitol insurrection make court appearances

    Two local men charged in the U.S. Capitol insurrection Jan. 6 appeared in court Monday. Matthew Bledsoe appeared in Memphis and Ronald Sandlin was in court in Nevada, where he fled after the Washington events. 

    By Yolanda Jones February 01, 2021

• January 2021

  • Sanford: Tennesseans, politicians and others must answer for insurrection

    As we look ahead with hope, we must also look back and demand accountability.

    By Otis Sanford January 21, 2021

  • Memphis man charged in Capitol riots

    Memphian Matthew Bledsoe has been charged as one of the rioters at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Jan. 6.

    By Yolanda Jones January 16, 2021