WASHINGTON — A Seattle man was sentenced to 46 months in prison for assaulting law enforcement during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, the Department of Justice announced.
Court documents say that Devlyn Thompson, 28, was in a crowd on the lower terrace of the building who pushed against and assaulted both Metropolitan Police Department and U.S. Capitol Police officers.
The DOJ says in a press release that Thompson and others “yelled obscenities at police and encouraged the continued assault.”
Documents go on to say that Thompson entered the Capitol through a tunnel with other rioters and along with other, tried to take and use stolen law enforcement shields.
Thompson pleaded guilty Aug. 6 to assaulting, resisting or impeding officers while using a dangerous weapon. He was arrested that day and has been in custody since.