(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Three Dozen Dishonorable Ex-Marines Have Been Charged In Connection With The Capitol Insurrection... [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-04-28 I regret to inform you... 1. Christopher Warnagiris InsideNoVa A federal judge seems likely to uphold the charges against an active duty U.S. Marine stationed at Quantico arrested for his role in the attempted insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021. Maj. Christopher Warnagiris, of Woodbridge, had a virtual status conference before Judge Paul Friedman on Wednesday. Warnagiris is charged with assaulting an officer, civil disorder, obstruction of the U.S. Congress, aiding and abetting in the obstruction of Congress, entering a restricted building without authority, disorderly conduct in a restricted building, physical violence in a restricted building, disorderly conduct at the U.S. Capitol, physical violence at the Capitol and demonstrating in the Capitol. 2. Joshua Abate Business Insider Prosecutors arrested an active-duty Marine on Jan. 6 charges last month after he confessed to participating in the deadly siege during a high-level security clearance interview in June 2022, according to court documents. Sgt. Joshua Abate is facing four counts related to the insurrection, including entering or remaining in a restricted building, disorderly and disruptive conduct, and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. The special communication signals analyst was transferred to a sensitive intelligence assignment at the National Security Agency even after his participation in the attack, The Intercept reported this week. Abate was assigned to the Marine Cryptologic Support Battalion, which partners with and is headquartered at the National Security Agency in Fort Meade, Maryland, according to military records first obtained by Military.com. The headquarters is one of the most sensitive US government facilities in the country. 3. Micah Coomer The San Diego Union-Tribune A Marine based at Camp Pendleton who allegedly told a social media acquaintance that he was waiting for “Civil war 2” has been charged with four federal crimes in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol, according to a federal complaint unsealed Thursday. Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., charged Cpl. Micah Coomer and two other active-duty Marines with four counts each relating to disorderly conduct, entering restricted grounds and parading inside a Capitol building. FBI agents arrested Coomer on Tuesday in Oceanside near the Marine Corps base, according to an arrest warrant. 4. Dodge Dale Hellonen Port City Daily Last week the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested three active-duty Marines in connection to storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress was certifying the 2020 election results. An affidavit from the Department of Justice indicates Sgt. Dodge Dale Hellonen of Camp Lejeune was arrested Wednesday, Jan. 17, along with two others: Cpl. Micah Coomer from the 1st Radio Battalion I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group in Camp Pendleton, California, and Sgt. Joshua Abate from the Marine Corps’ Cryptologic Support Battalion of Fort Meade, Maryland. According to personnel records obtained by Port City Daily, Hellonen enlisted in August 2017. He was assigned to the 3rd Marine Raider Support Battalion at Camp (L)ejeune, located 53 miles northeast of Wilmington. 5. Jordan Bonenberger Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A Marine reservist from Cranberry surrendered to the FBI on Friday morning on charges related to the Capitol breach. Jordan Bonenberger, 26, who joined the Marines in 2019, is accused of entering a restricted building, disorderly conduct on restricted grounds, disorderly conduct in the Capitol and demonstrating in the Capitol. He appeared briefly by video before a federal magistrate judge in Pittsburgh Friday afternoon, but he will be prosecuted in the District of Columbia with all of the other accused rioters. ​​​​ 6. Jia Liu CNBC A U.S. Marine Corps Reservist from New York who previously was arrested on charges related to participating in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has been charged in a new case of conspiring to sell fake Covid-19 vaccination cards to fellow reservists, prosecutors said Thursday. (snip) Liu was charged in October by federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., for entering the Capitol grounds during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, and other crimes connected to the invasion of the halls of Congress that day by a mob of supporters of former President Donald Trump. The criminal complaint contains images of him in and around the Capitol that day. 7. Dominic Pezzola Marine Corps Times Dominic Pezzola, a former Marine who authorities say was seen on video smashing a Capitol window with a stolen Capitol Police riot shield, and William Pepe, who authorities said was photographed inside the building, were arrested earlier in the month on federal charges that included illegally entering a restricted building. The two, both from New York state, have now been indicted in Washington on charges that newly include conspiracy. (snip) Michael Sherwin, the acting U.S. attorney for Washington, said in a court filing Friday that Pezzola “showed perseverance, determination, and coordination in being at the front lines every step along the way before breaking into the Capitol,” and that his actions in shattering the window and allowing an initial group of rioters to stream through “cannot be overstated.” Pezzola was later seen on video inside the Capitol with a cigar, having what he called a “victory smoke,” and boasting that he “knew we could take this” over, Sherwin wrote. He argued the remarks showed Pezzola “invested a significant personal effort to take over the Capitol and that he did so in coordination with others.” 8. Zachary Rehl The Philadelphia Inquirer A Marine veteran and son and grandson of Philadelphia police officers, Rehl has led the city’s chapter of the Proud Boys since at least 2018 — a role that has put him at the forefront of many of the group’s most controversial moments. (snip) Videos from the Jan. 6 attack widely shared on social media showed Rehl, dressed in a “Make America Great Again” cap and with a Temple Owls backpack, leading a group of more than 100 Proud Boys and followers on a meandering march from the Washington Monument to the Capitol. Photos also surfaced of Rehl inside the building, smoking a cigarette while carousing with a mob of rioters in the office of Sen. Jeff Merkley (D., Ore.). 9. Donovan Ray Crowl The New Yorker Donovan Crowl, a fifty-year-old former marine, who had served as a helicopter mechanic on an amphibious assault ship in the Persian Gulf, in 1990, was among the uniformed men. At the Capitol, Crowl wore a combat helmet, ballistic goggles, and a tactical vest with a handheld radio. In a video, he can be seen in a line of people making their way through the crowd up the Capitol steps, each with a hand on the shoulder of the one in front. In another video, he is standing alongside a group breaching the doors of the Capitol. The crowd responds to the question “Who’s our President?” with the shout “Trump!,” and, as people start to enter the building, a man can be heard saying, in astonishment, “We’re the first wave!” Crowl was later photographed in the Capitol Rotunda, and additional videos and photographs show him appearing to stand guard at the doors and on the steps of the Capitol. Crowl’s sister and mother, who identified Crowl, said that he had become increasingly radical in recent years, both in his support of Trump and in his expression of racist views. A friend of Crowl’s said that he had discussed plans to travel from his home, in Ohio, to Washington, D.C., to protest the certification of Joe Biden’s election. 10. Thomas Webster USA Today A retired New York Police Department officer was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for assaulting a law enforcement officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon and related charges for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His and others’ actions disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election. Thomas Webster, 56, of the village of Florida, New York, was sentenced in the District of Columbia. (snip) According to the government’s evidence, on Jan. 6, Webster first attended a rally and then moved to the Capitol, where he illegally entered the Capitol grounds. He wore a bulletproof vest and carried a large metal flagpole bearing the red and yellow flag of the U.S. Marine Corps. (snip) Webster then aggressively shoved the metal gate into the officer’s body. He raised the flagpole and forcefully swung it toward the officer. The officer managed to wrest the flagpole away. Webster, however, then broke through the metal barricade, tackled the officer to the ground, and tried to remove his helmet and gas mask, choking him. During this attack, the officer struggled to breathe. While Webster had the officer restrained on the ground and unable to breathe, others in the mob began kicking the officer. The officer sustained several injuries as a result of Webster’s attack. 11. James Burton McGrew AlterNet A Mississippi man who was among the first rioters to reach the Capitol Rotunda on January 6 has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for assaulting police officers guarding the U.S., the Department of Justice reported. James McGrew, 40, of Biloxi, Mississippi and Carlsbad, California, also was ordered by U.S. District Court Judge Beryl A. Howell to serve 36 months of supervised release and pay a $5,000 fine and $2,000 in restitution. McGrew pleaded guilty last May 13 to felony assault. McGrew was on parole for a past crime when he participated in the riot, according to court records, as Raw Story reported in October. He was convicted of shoplifting in 2011 and 2013 and vehicle theft in 2016. The Daily Beast A QAnon-loving ex-Marine was still on parole for several crimes when he allegedly assaulted at least two police officers during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot—and fled his California sober living home for Mexico as the FBI hunted him down. That’s according to an FBI search warrant affidavit obtained by The Daily Beast, which reveals new details about alleged insurrectionist James Burton McGrew, a Mississippi veteran and conspiracy theorist who was identified by investigators thanks to a distinctive “King James” tattoo on his abdomen that matched an old police booking photo. 12. Charles Donohoe The Charlotte Observer One of North Carolina’s most prominent figures in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol faces years in prison after pleading guilty Friday to planning and coordinating an attack by members of his right-wing group to stop the transfer of the presidential power. Charles Donohoe, 34, of Kernersville, identified in court documents as state president of the Proud Boys, will be sentenced on two felony charges: conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers. (snip) Under his agreement with federal prosecutors, Donohoe’s crimes carry a sentencing range of 70 to 87 months as well as a fine of between $25,000 and $250,000. Had he gone to trial, he faced a combined maximum sentence of almost 30 years and a fine of up to $500,000. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly will sentence Donohoe at a later date. Until then, the Marine veteran will remain in custody in North Carolina. He has been held since his March arrest. 13. Daniel Ray Caldwell The Dallas Morning News A former Marine from North Texas who sprayed a chemical irritant at a group of officers during the 2021 violent siege of the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to more than five years in prison, court records show. Daniel Ray Caldwell, 51, of The Colony, talked about storming the Capitol during the riot and was seen on video spraying an “orange mist” at officers, according to court records. Afterwards, he bragged about the assault, prosecutors said. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington D.C. issued the 68-month sentence on Thursday. Caldwell is one of more than two dozen men and women from the Dallas area and its northern suburbs who were arrested in the massive case, the largest single criminal investigation in U.S. history. Nationwide, authorities arrested more than 940 defendants, in nearly every state, in connection with the Capitol riot. 14. Christian Matthew Manley Associated Press A Florida man has been sentenced to four years and two months in federal prison for attacking police officers during the insurrection and storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Christian Matthew Manley, 27, of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in the District of Columbia, according to court records. He pleaded guilty in November to assaulting, resisting and impeding law enforcement while using a dangerous weapon. (snip) According to the criminal complaint, Manley was captured on video outside the Capitol wearing a flak jacket and armed with bear spray, a collapsible police baton and handcuffs. Video shows Manley spraying bear spray at U.S. Capitol Police and Metropolitan Police Department officers as they defended an entrance from rioters. 15. Michael Joseph Foy Newsweek Michael Foy, 30, of Wixom, was described by prosecutors as "among the most violent of all participants" during the attack in Washington, D.C. Foy, a former U.S. Marine, is accused of attacking police with a hockey stick wrapped in a Donald Trump flag at least 10 times as they guarded the entrance to the building. He also threw what appeared to be a "sharpened pole" at the officers. (snip) "Foy's conduct here is some of the most violent that occurred at the riot on January 6," Moon said. "He, a former Marine trained in combat, brought a hockey stick to a riot at the Capitol, and when things started to get out of hand, he took a leading role in the violence." 16. James Russell Davis WWBT A Virginia man and former U.S. Marine made his initial court appearance on Thursday following charges connecting him to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. James Russell Davis, a 45-year-old man from King George, Virginia, faces several federal charges including assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers. He’s also charged with obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder, among other charges, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. According to court documents, Davis was on the west front terrace stairs of the U.S. Capitol when he confronted officers who were trying to protect the building from rioters. Footage from officers’ body-worn cameras, or BWC, showed Davis charging toward officers with a large stick. Court documents state an officer shouted for Davis to move back, and Davis did not follow the command and again charged at the officers. Footage showed Davis shouting and pushing down the hands of a second officer trying to block Davis from moving forward. 17. Ryan Taylor Nichols KETK Ryan Nichols, a 30-year-old Marine from Longview, was charged with several crimes, including assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon. (snip) A 20-page Department of Justice arrest warrant lists out in great detail how Nichols had planned for weeks to go to D.C. for the Jan.6 Electoral College certification. He was arrested along with 32-year-old Alex Harkrider of Carthage. (snip) In a video obtained by FBI agents, a man who appears to be Nichols is seen yelling into a bullhorn “If you have a weapon, you need to get your weapon!” along with “This is the second revolution right here folks! … This is not a peaceful protest.” The video also shows Nichols allegedly grabbed a large, red aerosol can and sprayed it toward Capitol Police officers. 18. Jason Dolan Tampa Bay Times A member of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 pleaded guilty Wednesday and will cooperate with investigators against his fellow extremists, marking another win for the Justice Department in its major conspiracy case stemming from the attack. Jason Dolan, 45, is the fourth person associated with the group that recruits current and former military, police and first responders to plead guilty to conspiracy charges for their roles in Capitol riot. The former Marine from Wellington, Florida has also agreed to cooperate and testify for the government before any grand juries and trials. (snip) He pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and one count of obstruction of an official proceeding. The judge said federal sentencing guidelines call for a term of more than five years to six-and-a-half years behind bars. An email seeking comment was sent to Dolan’s attorney. 19. Michael Mackrell Stars and Stripes A former U.S. Marine from Wellington is accused of assaulting five police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Michael Mackrell is accused of attacking three Washington, D.C., Metro police officers and two U.S. Capitol officers. His son was previously charged with storming the Capitol and attacking an officer. Authorities arrested Mackrell, 41, on Thursday, and his case was fully unsealed on Friday. He is charged with assaulting an officer, entering a restricted building without lawful authority, obstructing of justice and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. U.S. District Magistrate Judge Jennifer Dowdell Armstrong ordered him released from custody on several conditions, including that he continues mental health treatment through Veterans Affairs, possesses no weapons and travels only to Washington for court appearances. His attorney, Darin Thompson, declined to comment after the hearing. Mackrell’s case will be sent to federal court in Washington, where a hearing is scheduled for March 16 20. Kaleb Dillard NBC News A former Marine was arrested by the FBI on Tuesday and accused of assaulting two officers as he helped fellow rioters breach the doors of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Kaleb Dillard, of Columbiana, Alabama, was arrested in his hometown after the FBI identified him as the man who appeared to throw a Capitol Police officer to the ground during the insurrection and appeared to shove another officer in the chest. Dillard, 26, was charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding law enforcement officers and interfering with a law enforcement officer during a civil disorder. He was also charged with six misdemeanors. 21. Kevin Douglas Creek Appen Media A federal judge has sentenced Kevin Douglas Creek, a business owner and former Marine, to 27 months in prison for his involvement in the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol. At the May 2 sentencing, Creek, 47, of Alpharetta, was also ordered to serve 12 months of supervised release and to pay $2,000 in restitution. FBI agents arrested Creek June 9, 2021, in Johns Creek. He is the owner of Nailed It Roofing and Restoration LLC and served in the Marine Corps from 1995-99, according to LinkedIn. The Department of Justice states Creek faced several federal felony charges including assault on a federal officer, physical violence on Capitol grounds, obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. 22. Barton Wade Shively BuzzFeed Barton Shively, a former Marine from central Pennsylvania, had been living at home awaiting trial in the nearly year and a half since he was charged with assaulting police at the US Capitol on Jan. 6. That changed Monday, when a judge ordered him jailed after probation officers reported that he’d reached for a loaded shotgun — which he wasn’t allowed to have — during an unannounced home inspection. Besides the 12-gauge shotgun, the probation officers saw “in plain view” hundreds of rounds of ammunition, a sword, knives, and body armor as they walked around Shively’s home, according to an order from US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly. Shively’s motion toward the shotgun prompted one of the probation officers to draw his own weapon, the order stated. Shively “displayed an alarming lack of candor” with the court officers monitoring his compliance with his release conditions, the judge wrote. 23. Jesus Rivera CBS News A federal judge in Washington warned of the risk of "autocracy" and the rise of lawlessness in America, as she sentenced a convicted U.S. Capitol riot defendant to eight months in prison. In lengthy and at times blistering remarks during the Thursday sentencing hearing of a former U.S. Marine, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly warned of parallels between Jan. 6, 2021, and the election that preceded the U.S. Civil War. (snip) Rivera, who served as a Marine from 2002 to 2012, sought leniency, telling Kollar-Kotelly he regretted entering the Capitol on Jan. 6. He said he feels apologetic toward the officers and told the judge, "If I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't have been there that day." (snip) Kollar-Kotelly questioned Rivera's remorse in the months after the siege, saying, "Shortly after returning home from the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the defendant sent a message (saying) 'I can honestly say I had a great time.'" 24. Alex Kirk Harkrider Longview News-Journal U.S. attorneys argue in court documents that Alex Kirk Harkrider, 34, of Carthage should not be released pending trial despite his recent request to revoke his detention order and modify his bond. Harkrider and Ryan Taylor Nichols, 30, of Longview, are in federal custody awaiting trial on charges related to the Washington, D.C., riots. (snip) “At one point, Co-defendant Nichols yells out, ‘Those people in f---ing Capitol building are our enemy,’ ” court documents said. “In another video, Defendant Harkrider, wearing a sweatshirt that says ‘Marine. Noun. A person who kills sh — you can’t,’ is observed walking with Co-defendant Nichols and the group of people. A voice, believed to be Defendant Harkrider’s, is heard saying ‘there’s gonna be a f---ing war tomorrow.’ ” 25. Mark Leffingwell Military Times A Seattle man who punched two police officers during last year’s riot at the U.S. Capitol was sentenced to six months imprisonment on Thursday, as the Justice Department reached a milestone in one of the largest federal investigations in American history. Mark Leffingwell, a 52-year-old military veteran who was wounded in Iraq, is at least the 100th person to be sentenced after pleading guilty to a Capitol riot-related charge, according to an Associated Press review of court records. The judge who sentenced Leffingwell pushed back on a recent Republican National Committee resolution that accused the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack of leading a “persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse.” U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson also lamented that mainstream news outlets are still amplifying the lie that the 2020 presidential election was illegitimate and stolen from former President Donald Trump. 26. John Daniel Andries Law & Crime A military veteran who once served on the Marine One squadron has pleaded guilty to felony obstruction in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. (snip) The federal complaint notes that Andries is a military veteran. According to the Washington Post, he once served as a crew chief for the presidential helicopter squadron, having joined the Marine Helicopter Squadron One in 2006. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2004. Andries’ role in the squadron covered the presidential administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama, the Washington Post reported, noting that members of the team must receive top-secret clearance and a higher-level clearance known as Yankee White, which is reserved for personnel close to the president. 27. Hector Emmanuel Vargas Santos nj.com A Jersey City man and former Marine convicted at trial last year of participating in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced Friday to four months in prison. A federal jury in December convicted Hector Vargas Santos, 29, of four misdemeanors for illegally entering, remaining and being disruptive or disorderly in the Capitol. The judge on Friday sentenced him to four months for each charge, to run concurrently, plus a $2,500 fine and $500 in restitution. He’s been free on his own recognizance since his 2021 arrest. 28. Thomas Baranyi Patch Thomas Baranyi, a Ewing Township resident who was next to Ashli Babbit when she fatally wounded by police, has been charged with disorderly or disruptive conduct, according to federal records. He made a video appearance earlier this month before U.S. District Judge Cathy Waldor in Newark, who set his bail at $100,000, according to officials; he was later released on an unsecured bond. Baranyi, 28, gained attention when he gave an interview to a reporter from WKRG, a CBS affiliate, the day of the riots. Holding out his bloodstained hands, he told the reporter he was there when Ashli Babbitt was fatally shot by the police. "We had stormed into the chambers inside and there was a young lady who rushed through the windows," Baranyi said in the interview. According to NJ.com, Baranyi graduated from the College of New Jersey and joined the Peace Corps. He went into basic training for the U.S. Marine Corps but was discharged. 29. Boyd Allen Camper KTVH Former Missoula-area Real Estate Agent Boyd Camper was the first Montanan to plead guilty and be sentenced to an offense connected to January 6. He received a 60-day prison sentence for admitting to parading, demonstrating, or picketing in Capitol buildings. The judge also ordered Camper to pay$500 in restitution and serve 60 hours of community service. At his sentencing, Camper told the judge about his mindset and recollection of his event on Jan. 6. He said he came to Washington D.C. because he was very involved on Facebook, believed the election was fraudulent and, as a Marine Corps veteran, went to answer the call of his “commander and chief” former President Donald Trump. Since Jan. 6, Camper says he has become a pariah in Montana with friends, business associates and companies cutting ties with him. He has relocated to another state. 30. Carey Jon Walden Business Insider A federal judge sentenced Carey Jon Walden, 48, to 30 days of home detention, three years of probation, and 60 hours of community service. He will also have to pay $500 in restitution toward the $1.5 million in damage to the Capitol building. Walden, both a Navy and Marine Corps veteran, pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor charge of parading, demonstrating, or picketing a Capitol building in October. (snip) Walden's presence at the Capitol on January 6 was reported to the FBI by a fellow Marine who was previously supervised by Walden, according to charging documents. The unnamed tipster told investigators that he saw Walden post Facebook Live videos from the scene of the riot that showed him climbing walls and entering the Capitol. The tipster took multiple screenshots of the posts and sent them to the FBI, according to court documents. 31. David Antonio Ticas The Orange County Register David Antonio Ticas, 39, of Placentia and Erik Herrera, whose age and city of residence were not disclosed, were arrested in September and August, respectively, after they were identified by tipsters who sent screenshots of the Instagram posts to authorities, court documents show. (snip) Two days after the insurrection, federal authorities received a tip, a screenshot of an Instagram post from Ticas’ account, that showed him standing in front of a statue in what authorities believe was in the crypt of the Capitol Building with the caption “Storm the Capital,” according to a criminal complaint unsealed Sept. 23. The tip came from someone who apparently knew Ticas through the U. S. Marine Corps. Federal authorities also identified Ticas, who was wearing blue jeans, a black zip-up hoodie and a tan baseball cap, using two surveillance cameras inside the building and a body-worn camera, according to the complaint. 32. Robert Lee Petrosh WUSA9 A Marine Corps veteran will serve 10 days in jail for stealing two microphones from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s lectern on Jan. 6, a federal judge ruled Friday. Robert Petrosh, of New Jersey, appeared before U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden to be sentenced for one Class “A” misdemeanor count of theft of government property. In exchange for his guilty plea in January, prosecutors agreed to drop four other misdemeanor counts against him. (snip) But McFadden also said he saw Petrosh as being one of the more serious misdemeanor cases. He agreed with the prosecution that Petrosh’s actions on Jan. 6 – facing off with police, smoking in the Rotunda and yelling at officers, “Give us Nancy Pelosi!” – showed disrespect to the nation and a level of brazenness that warranted some jail time. He did not agree, however, with the DOJ’s recommendation. Instead of four months behind bars, McFadden sentenced Petrosh to serve 10 days in jail and pay a $1,000 fine, along with $938 in restitution. He also ordered Petrosh to return the two microphones he’d stolen from the Speaker’s lectern to the government. A representative from the probation office said they were concerned the microphones could be resold online for a large amount, due to their connection to the riot. 33. Richard Franklin Barnard The Daily Mail Two US Marine Corps veterans who have been arrested and charged with storming the US Capitol during the MAGA riot on January 6 posted photos of themselves in the Rotuna while mistakenly bragging that they ‘crashed the White House.’ Jeffrey Shane Witcher and his close friend, Richard Franklin Barnard, were among hundreds of Trump supporters who breached the US Capitol building in Washington, DC while Congress was meeting to ratify Joe Biden’s victory. According to court documents, Witcher and Barnard traveled to the capital from their home state of Texas with one other friend. KVUE According to a separate document obtained by KVUE, Barnard also pleaded guilty in the fall of 2021 to a charge of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a capitol building. The document states that the charge carries a maximum sentence of six months of imprisonment, a fine of no more than $5,000 and "an obligation to pay any applicable interest or penalties on fines and restitution not timely made." Barnard was eventually sentenced to 12 months of probation, 30 days of home confinement, 60 hours of community service and $500 restitution. 34. Jeffrey Shane Witcher Courthouse News Service Two U.S. Marine Corps veterans from Texas – one of whom claimed on a video that they “crashed the White House” – pleaded guilty to their participation in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot on Wednesday. Jeffrey Witcher pleaded guilty to a Class A misdemeanor count of entering a restricted building while Richard Barnard pleaded guilty to a Class B misdemeanor count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building — both common plea deals that prosecutors have been handing out to low-level nonviolent Jan. 6 defendants. KVUE According to a document obtained by KVUE, Witcher pleaded guilty in the fall of 2021 to a charge of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds. The document states that the charge carries a maximum sentence of one year of imprisonment, a fine of no more than $100,000 and "an obligation to pay any applicable interest or penalties on fines and restitution not timely made." (snip) Witcher was sentenced to 12 months of probation, 60 hours of community service and $500 restitution. 35. Nicholes J. Lentz Law & Crime A former Florida cop and military veteran who spent almost an hour inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 has been sentenced to probation and home detention. Nicholes Lentz, 42, was one of the first people to enter the Capitol on Jan. 6. He went into the Rotunda, the Crypt, and the Capitol Visitors Center before leaving through the Senate Wing Door. He stayed inside for almost an hour, a relatively long time compared to most of the nearly 800 people charged in the government’s expansive prosecution of participants in the Jan. 6 attack. (snip) At the hearing, Lentz said that he spent 17 years in the Marine Corps, and was deployed eight times, including two combat deployments. According to his sentencing memorandum, Lentz has PTSD and seeks treatment from the Department of Veterans Affairs. 36. Michael Fitzgerald x *Michael Fitzgerald, a former U.S. Marine from Janesville WI, is charged in the Capitol riot. *Was near the front lines as mob burst into Capitol. *Wore “Wild Protest” t-shirt, echoing Donald Trump. *Charges: Obstructing police; violent entry.https://t.co/ELIXhxo9gG pic.twitter.com/RewYNMlYn9 — Jim Roberts (@nycjim) April 7, 2021 There were two more... 37. Michael J. Lopatic Sr. (deceased) Daily Voice PA Marine, Dad Of 5 Accused Of Attacking Police At Jan. 6 Capitol Riot Dies Suddenly Michael John Lopatic, 58, of Manheim Township, was accused of ripping off one of the officer's helmet and gas mask, stealing his cellphone— breaking his body camera, an essential piece of evidence— and hitting him with an uppercut during the riot, according to prosecutors statements. But this former Marine was not deemed a flight risk and was released from custody over a year prior to his passing by U.S. District Judge Emmett Sullivan. Lopatic's conditional release included that he must surrender his guns, take medication— he was known to have a benign brain tumor among other undisclosed maladies, and stay away from other defendants. 38. John Steven Anderson (deceased) WUSA9 John Steven Anderson, 61, died Tuesday at Baptist Hospital South in Jacksonville, Florida, according to an obituary published by the St. John’s Family Funeral Home. Anderson’s attorney, Marina Medvin, confirmed his death to WUSA9, saying in an email Anderson was a “good-hearted man.” Anderson, a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and Florida Army National Guard’s 3/20th Special Forces Group, was arrested in February and indicted a month later on eight counts in connection with the January 6 Capitol riot. Those counts included civil disorder, assaulting police, theft of government property and entering a restricted building or grounds. In charging documents filed in D.C. District Court, the Justice Department says bodyworn camera footage shows Anderson wielding a police riot shield at the front of a line of rioters attempting to push through a line of law enforcement in the Capitol tunnel. During the melee in the tunnel, Anderson was exposed to chemical irritants and began suffering respiratory distress. Surveillance footage shows officers assisting Anderson in moving through the police line to receive aid. smh... [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/4/28/2166168/-Three-Dozen-Dishonorable-Ex-Marines-Have-Been-Charged-In-Connection-With-The-Capitol-Insurrection Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/