A Connecticut man who used a stolen riot shield to crush a police officer in a doorframe during the U.S. Capitol insurrection has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for his role in one of the most violent episodes of the Jan. 6 attack.
In this image from U.S. Capitol Police video, released and annotated by the Justice Department in the sentencing memorandum, Patrick McCaughey III,, appears on police body-worn camera footage at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. McCaughey who used a stolen riot shield to crush a police officer in a doorframe during the U.S. Capitol insurrection was sentenced on April 14, 2023, to more than seven years in prison for his role in one of the most violent episodes of the Jan. 6 attack.
In this image from U.S. Capitol Police video, released and annotated by the Justice Department in the sentencing memorandum, Patrick McCaughey III,, appears on police body-worn camera footage at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. McCaughey who used a stolen riot shield to crush a police officer in a doorframe during the U.S. Capitol insurrection was sentenced on April 14, 2023, to more than seven years in prison for his role in one of the most violent episodes of the Jan. 6 attack.
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