Margaret Channon

Released

Date of birth:1994

Gender:Female

Era:2020s

Inmate Number:#49955-086

State:Washington

Support

Police Accountability Black Lives Matter Movement

Biography

Margaret Aislinn Channon plead guilty to federal charges for reportedly lighting five Seattle Police Department cars on fire in the middle of a protest in Seattle during the George Floyd Uprising of 2020. She faced a prolonged case, serious state repression, and unfounded accusations from prosecutors and police throughout the course of her proceedings.

In March 2022 she was sentenced to 5 years incarceration. After 60 months' imprisonment, she will face 36 months of supervised release with special conditions. Her expected release date is June 5, 2026.

Her info and a call for support were shared in 2020 and that call for support was reiterated in summer 2022 when her sentence began.

Case

FCI Tallahassee

Charges: Federal arson

Arrested: Jun 11, 2020

Sentenced: Mar 1, 2022

Released: Jun 5, 2026

Sentence: Five years federal prison imposed March 1, 2022, following a guilty plea to arson for burning five Seattle police vehicles on May 30, 2020. DOJ records actual arrest June 11, 2020. These replace the incorrect June 10 arrest and approximately seven-year sentence. Continuous custody across pretrial proceedings and later sentence service remains unresolved; the arrest is not newly certified as the start of uninterrupted incarceration. The existing June 5, 2026 endpoint is retained pending resolution of conflicting halfway-house transfer reports. Custody-date sources: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwa/pr/tacoma-washington-woman-arrested-allegedly-setting-five-police-vehicles-fire-during; https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwa/pr/tacoma-woman-sentenced-5-years-prison-arson-downtown-seattle-protest

Convicted: Yes

Institution State: Florida

Margaret Channon

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