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A former La Habra police chief was sentenced Thursday to more than 11 years in prison for joining a riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a plot to prevent Congress from certifying election results.
Alan Hostetter, one of six members of a Southern California group known as the DC Brigade, was convicted in federal court in July of four felonies including conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and entering a restricted area with a deadly or dangerous weapon.
Hostetter, 58, who now lives in Poolville, Texas, was ordered by a Washington, D.C., judge to pay $2,000 in restitution and a fine of $30,000 as part of his sentencing. He is expected to report to prison by Jan. 5, 2024, according to federal court records.
Prosecutors argued that Hostetter, a fervent supporter of former President Trump, refused to accept that Joe Biden won the 2020 election, according to court records. Hostetter called for the execution of his perceived political enemies in various speeches at so-called Stop the Steal rallies in the weeks leading up to the insurrection, according to videos and court records.
At one such rally in December 2020, Hostetter told the crowd that “President Trump must be inaugurated on Jan. 20, and he must be allowed to finish this historic job of cleaning out the corruption in the cesspool known as Washington, D.C."
"The enemies and traitors of America, both foreign and domestic, must be held accountable. And they will. There must be long prison terms, while execution is the just punishment for the ringleaders of this coup," he said.
Hostetter, who spent roughly two decades in law enforcement before retiring and becoming a yoga instructor, was a key figure in Orange County right-wing activism circles during the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-o-c-police-chief-220553935.html
Alan Hostetter, one of six members of a Southern California group known as the DC Brigade, was convicted in federal court in July of four felonies including conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and entering a restricted area with a deadly or dangerous weapon.
Hostetter, 58, who now lives in Poolville, Texas, was ordered by a Washington, D.C., judge to pay $2,000 in restitution and a fine of $30,000 as part of his sentencing. He is expected to report to prison by Jan. 5, 2024, according to federal court records.
Prosecutors argued that Hostetter, a fervent supporter of former President Trump, refused to accept that Joe Biden won the 2020 election, according to court records. Hostetter called for the execution of his perceived political enemies in various speeches at so-called Stop the Steal rallies in the weeks leading up to the insurrection, according to videos and court records.
At one such rally in December 2020, Hostetter told the crowd that “President Trump must be inaugurated on Jan. 20, and he must be allowed to finish this historic job of cleaning out the corruption in the cesspool known as Washington, D.C."
"The enemies and traitors of America, both foreign and domestic, must be held accountable. And they will. There must be long prison terms, while execution is the just punishment for the ringleaders of this coup," he said.
Hostetter, who spent roughly two decades in law enforcement before retiring and becoming a yoga instructor, was a key figure in Orange County right-wing activism circles during the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-o-c-police-chief-220553935.html