Jeremy Michael Rodgers is an American man from Midland, Midland County, Michigan, United States. He earned his bachelor’s degree in history from Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Isabella County, Michigan.
Rodgers worked in Lansing, Michigan for Jim Stamas, who became a Michigan senator on January 1, 2015. In 2019, the Midland City Council appointed Rodgers as a staff member of the Midland Planning Commission.
Rodgers’ wife Olivia M. Rodgers gave birth to their two sons in 2019 and 2020. Here are 13 more things about him:
In 2018, he ran to represent Ward 1 on the Midland City Council but lost to Pamela Lee Hall by 28 votes.
On February 24, 2019, he and Olivia got engaged.
On April 28, 2019, he and Olivia got married.
On April 29, 2019, he and Olivia moved into their first apartment.
When he ran to represent Ward 1 on the Midland City Council for the second time, he was still working for Stamas. On November 3, 2020, he lost to Hall by 11 votes. Among the donors to his campaign were John G. Gardai, Bill Leikhim, his grandfather Kenneth W. Rodgers II and his aunt Jennifer Shepard.
In February 2020, he, Olivia and their two sons went to Las Vegas, Nevada, USA to visit family.
On January 5, 2021, he traveled from Midland to Washington, D.C., USA.
On January 6, 2021, he went to the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. That day, Donald Trump supporters breached the building while a joint session of Congress was certifying the vote of the Electoral College and affirming Joe Biden‘s victory in the 2020 presidential election. During the riot, he allegedly used a flagpole to attack police officers.
On January 7, 2021, he traveled back from Washington, D.C. to Midland.
On December 19, 2022, two Federal Bureau of Investigation special agents tried to interview him but he declined.
On June 23, 2023, U.S. Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey signed a criminal complained filed by an FBI special agent against him.
On June 30, 2023, he was arrested in Orlando, Florida, USA. He was charged with assault on a federal officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon, civil disorder, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon, act of physical violence in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon; disorderly conduct in a U.S. Capitol building, act of physical violence in a U.S. Capitol building or on U.S. Capitol grounds and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a U.S. Capitol building.
He was 28 years old when he was released on July 7, 2023 pending further court dates. He went back home in Midland.
If you have information about someone who participated in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, call 1-800-CALL-FBI or submit relevant photos and videos to the FBI.
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