Weekly January 6th Rioter Roundup: Week of October 3rd

     Dale Shalvey, Tara Stottlemyer, and Katharine Morrison, a couple from North Carolina and a friend from New York, respectively, pleaded guilty to felony counts of obstructing an official proceeding, while Shalvey also pleaded guilty to assaulting a law enforcement officer. Stottlemeyer and Morrison each face 15 to 21 months in prison while Shalvey faces 41 to 51 months in prison when the three are sentenced on January 20th, 2023.

     William Dunfee, a church pastor from Ohio, was arrested on felony counts of obstruction of an official proceeding and interfering with a law enforcement officer during civil disorder and five related misdemeanors for pushing a barricade into a line of police officers. 

     Susan Manwaring, the mother of another Utah Capitol insurrection defendant who pleaded guilty to picketing, parading, or demonstrating in the Capitol via information, also pleaded guilty to the same charge via information after her arrest last month. She, like her son, faces up to six months in prison with five years of supervised release.

     Russell Alford, an Alabama shop owner who said he was "wondering when [the FBI] would show up" and "guess you saw the posts on my Facebook page," and claimed the insurrection was staged while on the stand at his trial, was convicted by a jury of four misdemeanor counts, the 11th straight jury conviction on all counts for a January 6th case and the first jury trial on misdemeanor charges, and faces up to three years in prison when he is sentenced in January.

     Jeremy Bertino, a leading member of the Proud Boys who had testified before the January 6th Committee in June, pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy and illegal weapons possession and agreed to cooperate against his fellow Proud Boys in the sedition trial they face in December in exchange for a sentencing range of 51 to 63 months in prison.

     Lawrence Dropkin, Jr., a New Jersey salesman who pleaded guilty to all four misdemeanors against him, was sentenced to a month in prison with one year of probation, 60 hours of community service, and $500 restitution.

     James Horning, an Ohio man who smoked marijuana in the Capitol, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of entering a restricted building or grounds, a misdemeanor crime punishable by up to a year in prison.

     Cole Temple, an Ohio man who entered the Capitol with his mother and posted on Instagram that he "Just broke into the Capitol," pleaded guilty to picketing, parading, or demonstrating in the Capitol.

     Samuel Fisher, AKA "Brad Holiday," a dating coach from New York who was previously sentenced to 42 months in state prison after police found a stash of illegal weapons while raiding his home on January 6th charges, was sentenced to four months in prison with a year of probation, 60 hours of community service, and $500 restitution after pleading guilty to entering a restricted building or grounds.

     Leticia Ferreira, a Brazilian immigrant from suburban Chicago who was told, "Don't be sad. Be prepared. We're all fucked," by a co-defendant, was sentenced to 14 days in prison with three years of probation, 60 hours of community service, and $500 in restitution after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge of demonstrating in the Capitol.

     Read last week's roundup here.

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