Patrick McCaughey III, who used a stolen riot shield to crush a police officer in a doorframe during the Capitol riot was sentenced on Friday to more than seven years in prison.
A man who used a stolen riot shield to crush a police officer in a doorframe during the US Capitol insurrection was sentenced on Friday to more than seven years in prison for his role in one of the most violent episodes of the Jan. 6 attack.
“Your actions are some of the most egregious crimes that were committed on that dark day,” the judge told McCaughey. The judge in McCaughey’s case convicted him of nine counts, including felony assault charges, after hearing trial testimony without a jury in September. Hodges screamed out for help when another rioter grabbed the officer’s baton and struck him in the face with it.
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