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Gary Olivero-Johnson

Era:1980s
State:Michigan
Time Imprisoned:
1 Month 16 Days
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Biography

Gary Olivero-Johnson of Grand Rapids was individually named as quickly arrested and held in Marquette County Jail during the May Day May 1, 1983 Sawyer anti-nuclear protest. A May 12 hearing revoked probation and re-imposed a forty-five-day term; credit for previous service led to actual June 1 release. The independent endpoints span 31 elapsed days, not forty-five days for this stay.

Gary Olivero-Johnson of Grand Rapids was individually named as quickly arrested and held in Marquette County Jail during the May Day May 1, 1983 Sawyer anti-nuclear protest. A May 12 hearing revoked probation and re-imposed a forty-five-day term; credit for previous service led to actual June 1 release. The independent endpoints span 31 elapsed days, not forty-five days for this stay.

Source 1.

The August 1982 Sawyer account individually identifies this resister among four held overnight, refused recognizance August 10 and kept in Marquette County Jail for fifteen reported days before suspended sentences. No discharge day is inferred from the August 23 sentencing.

Source report, PDF 1373, pages 16.

Cases

Charges: Probation violation following anti-nuclear protest at K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base
Arrested: May 1, 1983
Sentenced: May 12, 1983
Incarcerated: May 1, 1983
Released: Jun 1, 1983
Sentence: Gary Olivero-Johnson of Grand Rapids was individually named as quickly arrested and held in Marquette County Jail during the May Day May 1, 1983 Sawyer anti-nuclear protest. A May 12 hearing revoked probation and re-imposed a forty-five-day term; credit for previous service led to actual June 1 release. The independent endpoints span 31 elapsed days, not forty-five days for this stay. Source: https://media.nukeresister.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/NR017_19830606small.pdf#page=1
Charges: Trespass at K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base
Arrested: Aug 9, 1982
Sentenced: Aug 23, 1982
Incarcerated: Aug 9, 1982
Sentence: Thirty days suspended and eighteen months unsupervised probation. Fifteen actual pre-sentence jail days explicitly reported.
Plead: No contest