A District of Columbia man who pleaded guilty to assaulting police officers outside the US Capitol was sentenced on Tuesday to 63 months behind bars, tying the record for the longest prison term to date for anyone convicted in the January 6, 2021 riot.
Subscribers can listen to this articleA 56-year-old man has been sentenced to more than 5 years in prison for assaulting police officers during the Capitol riots.
Mark Ponder, 56, also was ordered to pay $2 000 in restitution and faces three years of supervised release following his federal prison term of five years and three months, the US Department of Justice said in announcing the sentencing. Arrested on March 17, 2021, Ponder pleaded guilty in April 2022 to charges of assaulting, resisting or impeding officers using a dangerous weapon.
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