Renea Goddard

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Gender:Female
Race:Black
Era:2020s
Inmate Number:#22810-509
State:Arkansas
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Renea Goddard

Biography

Renea Goddard is one of the four Little Rock, Arkansas defendants — alongside Mujera Benjamin Lunga’ho, Cody Nowlin, and Angel Espinosa-Villegas — federally prosecuted for the torching of Little Rock police vehicles during the protests that followed the police murder of George Floyd. In September 2022 she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess a Molotov cocktail and was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison. She began her sentence in 2024.

Case

Charges: Conspiracy to possess a Molotov cocktail — Little Rock, Arkansas police-vehicle arsons
Arrested: Dec 17, 2020
Incarcerated: 2024
Released: Sep 3, 2024
Sentence: 18 months federal prison Arrest on December 17, 2020 is separate from later sentence service. Actual prison sentence service began in 2024; month and day remain unverified. On September 3, 2024, her support campaign confirmed she was en route to a halfway house. The release date marks departure from prison for halfway-house placement, not the end of all custody restrictions. Custody-date sources: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edar/pr/four-defendants-facing-federal-charges-after-fire-bombings-police-vehicles; https://uprisingsupport.org/2024/04/21/mujera-benjamin-lungaho-arkansas/; https://sxhxcollective.org/2024/09/03/happy-freedom-day-rene/
Convicted: Yes

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