Arrests, charges from Jan. 6 riot

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This is in response to Darrell Williams’ letter of April 5 regarding Arnold Schwarzenegger’s reference to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. According to the Justice Department:

Arrests made: More than 750 defendants have been arrested in nearly all 50 states and the District of Columbia. (This includes those charged in both district and superior court).

Criminal charges:

• More than 225 defendants have been charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding officers or employees, including more than 75 individuals who have been charged with using a deadly or dangerous weapon or causing serious bodily injury to an officer.

• Approximately 140 police officers were assaulted Jan. 6 at the Capitol including about 80 U.S. Capitol Police and about 60 from the Metropolitan Police Department.

• Approximately 10 individuals have been arrested on a series of charges that relate to assaulting a member of the media, or destroying their equipment, on Jan. 6.

• Approximately 640 defendants have been charged with entering or remaining in a restricted federal building or grounds.

• More than 75 defendants have been charged with entering a restricted area with a dangerous or deadly weapon.

• More than 45 defendants have been charged with destruction of government property, and more than 30 defendants have been charged with theft of government property.

• At least 275 defendants have been charged with corruptly obstructing, influencing or impeding an official proceeding, or attempting to do so.

• Approximately 40 defendants have been charged with conspiracy, either: (a) conspiracy to obstruct a congressional proceeding, (b) conspiracy to obstruct law enforcement during a civil disorder, (c) conspiracy to injure an officer, or (d) some combination of the three.

Pleas:

• Approximately 165 individuals have pleaded guilty to a variety of federal charges, from misdemeanors to felony obstruction, many of whom will face incarceration at sentencing.

• Approximately 145 have pleaded guilty to misdemeanors. Twenty have pleaded guilty to felonies.

• Six of those who have pleaded guilty to felonies have pleaded to charges related to assaults on law enforcement. Four face statutory maximums of 20 years or more in prison as well as potential financial penalties. Two face statutory maximums of eight years in prison as well as potential financial penalties.

Sentences:

• Approximately 70 federal defendants have had their cases adjudicated and received sentences for their criminal activity on Jan. 6. Thirty-one have been sentenced to periods of incarceration. Eighteen have been sentenced to a period of home detention, and the other defendants have been sentenced to probation with no term of incarceration.

Public assistance:

• Citizens from around the country have provided invaluable assistance in identifying individuals in connection with the Jan. 6 attack. The FBI continues to seek the public’s help in identifying more than 350 individuals believed to have committed violent acts on the Capitol grounds, including more than 250 who assaulted police officers.

• Additionally, the FBI currently has 16 videos of suspects wanted for violent assaults on federal officers and one video of two suspects wanted for assaults on members of the media on Jan. 6 and is seeking the public’s help to identify them.

Raquel Martinez lives in Donna.