ACalifornia man who used stolen police pepper spray against officers battling a mob during the Jan. 6 attack was sentenced to more than four years in prison Friday, prosecutors said.
Jeffrey Scott Brown, 56, was sentenced to 54 months in prison, or 4½ years, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia said in a statement.
Brown, of Santa Ana, was handed pepper spray that another man had taken from a police bag, and then he sprayed police officers with the irritant as the officers were battling a mob, officials said.
Brown was found guilty of seven counts, including assaulting, resisting, or impeding law enforcements officers using a dangerous weapon; and interfering with a law enforcement officer during a civil disorder, both felonies.
The other two people convicted along with Brown, Schwartz and Maly, have long criminal histories, according to prosecutors, and face potentially far longer sentences.
Prosecutors are asking for 15 years and eight months in prison for Maly, according to a sentencing memo filed by the government.
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