Jan. 6th Capitol Riot: Texas man found guilty

CARROLLTON, Texas — A man from North Texas has been convicted for assault and obstruction through the U.S. Capitol rebel on Jan. 6, 2021.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), 36-year-old Daniel Lee Judd was certainly one of three males convicted for his or her involvement within the riot. Judd was arrested in March 2021 whereas the opposite two had been arrested in June.

All three had been found guilty for “obstruction of an official proceeding.” 

The DOJ mentioned Judd was additionally found guilty of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers whereas the opposite two had been convicted of doing the identical however with a harmful weapon. A courtroom doc obtained by WFAA mentioned Judd’s cost additionally included a harmful weapon.

The doc additionally listed different costs from Judd which can be ready for verdicts. That contains different counts of actions towards officers in addition to aiding and abetting, “Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building, and “Acts of Physical Violence in a Capitol Grounds or Buildings.”

Another courtroom doc obtained by WFAA confirmed Judd waived his proper to a trial by jury.

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The DOJ additionally mentioned the opposite two males (Robert Morss of Pennsylvania and Geoffrey Sills of Virginia) had been charged with theft.

Judd will likely be sentenced on Feb. 27, 2023. Sills will study his sentence this November and Morss will likely be sentenced in 2023, on the two-year mark of the rebel.

The obstruction cost might result in as much as 20 years most in jail. The cost involving officers might lead to 8 years if with out a harmful weapon or one other 20 years with a weapon.

Morss and Sills’ theft costs might result in a 15-year-maximum sentence.

According to the DOJ, Judd joined a crowd on the West Front of the Capitol grounds and was later within the Lower West Terrace. Shortly after, Judd was waving different rioters into the mouth of the tunnel.

“He, too, participated in the heave-ho against the police line. Judd then stood directly outside the tunnel, receiving police riot shields from rioters inside the tunnel and passing them back to other rioters,” the DOJ wrote in a press launch.

At one level, they mentioned Judd entered the tunnel, “lit an object that appeared to be a firecracker,” and threw it on the police line. According to the DOJ, Judd additionally helped a crowd push towards one other police line.

The DOJ mentioned nearly 900 individuals have been arrested throughout the nation in connection to the Jan. 6 riot, and 260 of them had been charged with assaulting or impeding legislation enforcement. 

Investigations will nonetheless ongoing. Anyone with ideas can name 1-800-CALL-FBI (800-225-5324) or go to tips.fbi.gov.

Note: The video above was uploaded in Jan. 2021.