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Peter Schwartz, 49, was convicted of assualting police officers with pepper spray and a chair during the Capitol attack
A MAN WHO attacked police officers at the U.S. Capitol with pepper spray and a chair was sentenced to more than 14 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down to anyone convicted in relation with the Jan. 6 riot, according to AP.
The man, Peter Schwartz, 49, was sentenced at a hearing in Federal District Court in Washington on Friday, and joins a growing list of rioters receiving stiff sentences for assaulting police officers during the insurrection.
Previously, the most severe sentence had been given to Thomas Webster, a retired New York City police officer. Webster received a 10-year prison term for swing a flagpole at a Capitol police officer before attacking the officer and pulling off his gas mask.
Prosecutors had asked Judge Amit P. Mehta to sentence Schwartz — who was armed with a wooden tire knocker when he and his then-wife, Shelly Stallings, stormed the Capitol — to 24 years and 6 months. While Judge Mehta chose a lesser sentence, he said that his decision to issue 170 months was based on Schwartz’s lack of remorse for his actions and his long criminal history — 38 prior convictions with at least 11 involving violence or threats of violence.
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