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LA County man sentenced to prison for destroying property during Capitol attack

by City News Service • May 13, 2022

Outside during the US Capitol during the January 6, 2021 attack on the building. [Image via Wiki]
A Los Angeles County man was sentenced Friday, May 14, to four months in prison on a felony charge of destruction of government property for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Hunter Ehmke, 21, jumped onto a ledge of a window with multiple panes, which leads into an office. He kicked in the three lower panes of the window, shattering them, then smashed two additional windowpanes, according to his plea agreement.

Damage to the five broken windowpanes outside the Rotunda door on the east side of the Capitol building totaled $2,821, according to the Department of Justice.

The actions of Ehmke and others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election. Ehmke was arrested in Glendora on Jan. 13, 2021. He pleaded guilty this past Jan. 4 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Following his prison term, he will be placed on three years of supervised release. He also must pay $2,821 in restitution, according to the DOJ.

In the 16 months since Jan. 6, 2021, more than 800 individuals have been arrested in nearly all 50 states for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol, including more than 250 individuals charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement. The investigation remains ongoing.

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Filed Under: Crime/ Safety, Home, Los Angeles County

4 comments for "LA County man sentenced to prison for destroying property during Capitol attack"

  1. Beecee says

    May 15, 2022 at 7:07 pm

    Good!

    Anybody stupid enough to fall for this glowing fed party are absolute idiots.

    Would like to know more about this feller.

  2. America's Most Just Kidding says

    May 14, 2022 at 1:46 pm

    Is that Tim I see holding the Trump flag in the picture?

    Man, am I gonna pay for that, lol.

  3. Luke says

    May 14, 2022 at 7:48 am

    Destroying property sounds like a democrat

    • Beecee says

      May 15, 2022 at 7:08 pm

      “Would like to know more about this feller”

      Exactly what I meant when I posted this.

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