Man gets 14 years in 1/6 case, longest sentence imposed yet

Man gets 14 years in 1/6 case, longest sentence imposed yet

WASHINGTON (AP) A Kentucky man with a long criminal record was sentenced Friday to a record-setting 14 years in prison for attacking police officers with pepper spray and a chair as he stormed the U.S. Capitol with his wife.Peter Schwartzs prison sentence is the longest so far among hundreds of Capitol riot cases. The judge who sentenced Schwartz also handed down the previous longest sentence 10 years to a retired New York Police Department o…

Ky. man gets 14 years in Jan. 6 Capitol riot case, longest sentence imposed yet

He attacked police officers with pepper spray and a chair as he stormed the U.S. Capitol with his wife.

Kentucky man gets 14 years for Capitol insurrection, longest sentence yet

Man gets 14 years in Jan. 6 case, longest sentence imposed yet

The judge calls a Kentucky man a 'soldier against democracy' who participated in 'the kind of mayhem, chaos that had never been seen in the country's history.'

Man gets 14 years in 1/6 case, longest sentence imposed yet

Peter Schwartz’s prison sentence is the longest so far among hundreds of Capitol riot cases. Prosecutors recommended 24 years and 6 months.