Jan. 6 Capitol Rioters Sentenced to Over 7 Years in Prison for Assaulting Police Officers

Patrick McCaughey III, a 25-year-old from Connecticut, was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for nine offenses related to his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. McCaughey was convicted on seven felony charges, including assaulting law enforcement officers and obstruction of an official proceeding, and two misdemeanors. He pinned an officer into a doorframe with a stolen riot shield during the insurrection. The DOJ sought an almost 16-year sentence for McCaughey. Two other men, Tristan Stevens and David Mehaffie, were also convicted of crimes related to the insurrection.