WASHINGTON (1010 WINS) — With the two-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riots approaching Friday, the Department of Justice released statistics on the arrests, convictions and sentences for the people who stormed the Capitol Building in an attempt to prevent congress from certifying Joe Biden’s 2020 election win.
The Justice Department, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the FBI have led a sprawling investigation into participants in the attack which has resulted in more than 950 arrests across almost every state.
More than 284 defendants were charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers. About 99 of those were also charged with using a weapon or causing serious bodily injury to an officer.
During the riots, about 140 officers were assaulted.
About 11 people have been arrested for assaulting members of the media, and about 860 were charged with entering restricted buildings or grounds.
Of those with trespassing charges, 91 were also charged with carrying a weapon while they entered restricted areas.
About 59 were charged with destruction of government property and 36 were slapped with theft of government property.
Conspiracy charges were also common, with 50 charged for conspiracy to obstruct a congressional proceeding, obstruct law enforcement or commit sedition.
As of Wednesday, about 484 people have pleaded guilty — 119 to felonies and 364 to misdemeanors.
An additional 40 people were found guilty through a jury trial.
About 351 people have received sentences so far, with 192 of those resulting in incarceration and 87 sentenced to house arrest.
“Two years ago, the United States Capitol was attacked as lawmakers met to affirm the results of a presidential election,” said Attorney General Merrick Garland. “Perpetrators attacked police officers, targeted and assaulted members of the media, and interfered with a fundamental element of our democracy: the peaceful transfer of power from one administration to the next.”
There are still about 350 unidentified people believed to have committed violence at the riot, including more than 250 wanted for assaulting police officers.
Amid the nationwide arrests and prosecutions, some of the most prominent trials have centered around New Yorkers.
On Sept. 1, retired NYPD police officer Thomas Webster was handed the longest sentence of any defendant for his participation in the Jan. 6 riots — 10 years. He was caught on film attacking Capitol police with a metal flag pole.
Aaron Mostofsky, the son of a Brooklyn judge, got eight months in prison after pictures of him dressed in fur pelts and body armor inside the Capitol Building circulated online.
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