Weekly January 6th Rioter Roundup: Week of January 9th

     Troy Weeks, a New York man, was charged with two felonies and four misdemeanors for trying to grab one officer's shield and another officer's baton in the Lower West Terrace tunnel, where he was caught on camera rubbing his eyes and whining that he could not breathe because of the combination of law enforcement pepper spray and the crush of the crowd.

     Brent Holdridge, an Oregon man with a long history of felony drug use and distribution convictions, was sentenced to 60 days in prison with three years of probation and $500 restitution for livestreaming the destruction of the Senate parliamentarian's office.

     Anthime Gionet, a far-right troll with a history of acts of political violence, was also sentenced to 60 days in prison, along with two years of probation and $2,500 restitution, also for streaming acts of destruction, this time in Senator Jeff Merkley's office.

     Paula Conlon, a Maryland woman who pleaded guilty to picketing, parading, or demonstrating in the Capitol; was sentenced to a year of probation with $500 restitution.

     Shawn B. Witzemann, the sole New Mexico Capitol defendant to plead guilty, was sentenced to a week in jail with two years of probation, 60 hours of community service, and $500 restitution on a misdemeanor picketing charge. He has been a prominent voice in claiming that he and other Capitol insurrection defendants are "political prisoners."

     Patrick William O'Brien, a Montana man who brought his minor son with him on a three-day road trip to D.C. that ended with them both entering the Capitol, was charged with three misdemeanor crimes.

     Erik Herrera, a California man who pretended to be a reporter and helped trash the Senate parliamentarian's office by stealing papers and liquor while donning tactical gear, was sentenced to four years in prison with three years of supervised release and $3,170 restitution after being convicted of a felony and four misdemeanors at trial in August.

     Robert Dennis, 63, of Garland, Texas, was convicted of three felonies and three misdemeanors related to assaulting law enforcement while being acquitted of two misdemeanors in a bench trial before Judge James E. Boasberg; sentencing is set for April.

     Chad Clifton, a handyman from South Carolina who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of picketing in the Capitol, was sentenced to 21 days in prison with three months of house arrest, three years of probation, and $1,100 in fines and restitution; the same sentence his attorney friend and fellow Palmetto Stater David Charles Johnston received.

     Joshua Black, an Alabama man who earned notoriety for entering the Senate chamber armed with a knife, clad in camouflage clothing, and bearing a hole in his cheek caused by less-lethal ammunition from officers defending the Capitol; was convicted by a D.C. judge of three felonies and two misdemeanors while being acquitted of a felony obstruction count; his sentencing, at which he faces a combined maximum of 26 years in prison, is set for May.

     Lloyd Cruz, a Missouri man who repeatedly lied to investigators about his involvement in the insurrection, was convicted by a judge of two misdemeanors and could spend months in prison when he is sentenced in the spring. He wasn't happy when I made contact with him; more details coming soon.