A Chicago man who stole a prized photograph from then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the U.S. Capitol riot has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for his role in the mob's attack on Jan. 6, 2021.
WASHINGTON -- A Chicago man who stole a prized photograph from then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Friday to more than four years in prison for his role in the mob's attack on the building., 40, took a wallet from a Pelosi staffer's coat and a framed photograph of Pelosi with the late Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights movement icon who died in July 2020. Lyons also mockingly called out Pelosi's name during the riot on Jan.
U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell sentenced Lyons to four years and three months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, according to court records. The judge allowed Lyons to remain free until he must report to prison.Lyons wasn't charged with the theft of the photograph,Howell convicted him of charges including obstruction of an official proceeding, the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress for certifying President Joe Biden's 2020 electoral victory.
Lyons drove through the night from Chicago to Washington, D.C., to attend then-President Donald Trump's"Stop the Steal" rally near the White House on Jan. 6. He used his cellphone to record himself as he joined the pro-Trump mob's attack on the Capitol. Lyons also heckled police officers, calling them Nazis and"oath breakers" as they tried to protect the Capitol.
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