Key takeaways:
- Michael Riley, a 25-year veteran of the U.S. Capitol Police, was sentenced to 120 days of home incarceration and two years of probation for obstruction in connection to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.
- Logan Barnhart, a 42-year-old pipelayer from Holt, Michigan, was sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting police at the U.S. Capitol during the mob’s attack.
- Judge Amy Berman Jackson noted Riley’s job loss, health issues, and lack of criminal history in delivering the sentence, and noted the seriousness of Barnhart’s actions and the need to deter similar behavior in the future.
A former U.S. Capitol Police officer was sentenced Thursday to 120 days of home incarceration and two years of probation after being convicted of two counts of obstruction in connection to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.
Michael Riley, a 25-year veteran of the law enforcement agency, was found to have offered advice to rioter Jacob Hiles on social media and then deleted these messages when Hiles was contacted by the FBI.
In a separate case, Logan Barnhart, a 42-year-old pipelayer from Holt, Michigan, was sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting police at the U.S. Capitol during the mob’s attack. Barnhart said he didn’t recognize himself on a video, shown in court, that captured him assaulting the officer.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson decried Riley’s actions but also noted his job loss, health issues, and lack of criminal history in delivering the sentence. She also noted the seriousness of Barnhart’s actions and the need to deter similar behavior in the future.
Both Riley and Barnhart were among the hundreds of people charged in connection to the Jan. 6 insurrection, which saw a mob of supporters of former President Donald Trump storm the Capitol in an attempt to disrupt the certification of the 2020 presidential election.
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