Jan. 6 Rioter Receives Record 14-Year Sentence for Attacking Police.

Peter Schwartz, a Pennsylvania welder, has been sentenced to slightly more than 14 years in prison for attacking police officers at the Capitol with a chair and chemical spray on Jan. 6, 2021. Schwartz's sentence is the longest so far in connection with the events of that day. Prosecutors had asked for a sentence of 24 years and six months, but the judge imposed a term of 170 months due to Schwartz's extensive criminal history and lack of remorse. Schwartz was convicted of three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, one count of interfering with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder, and one count of obstructing the certification of the election.