Harford County Man Robert Reeder Sentenced To 3 Months In Capitol Riot Case

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WASHINGTON (WJZ/AP) — A national justice said Friday helium hopes a three-month condemnation down bars successful a U.S. Capitol insurrection lawsuit volition nonstop a connection to different defendants who don’t look to beryllium “truly accepting responsibility.”

U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan spoke arsenic helium sentenced Robert Reeder, a Harford County antheral who had primitively described himself arsenic an “accidental tourist” earlier video emerged of him grabbing a constabulary officer.

“It’s go evident to maine that galore of the defendants pleading blameworthy bash not genuinely judge responsibility. They seem, to me, to beryllium trying to get this retired of the mode arsenic rapidly arsenic possible, stating immoderate they person to accidental … but not changing their attitude,” Hogan said.

He said helium believed Reeder is atrocious present and sentenced him to fractional of the six months prosecutors had wanted, but the justice said immoderate of Reeder’s erstwhile statements had been “disingenuous and self-serving.” Hogan said helium hopes the condemnation sends a awesome that radical convicted successful the riot volition look jailhouse time.

“This was an onslaught connected the operations of Congress and the Capitol of the United States, a truly sacrosanct building,” helium said.

Reeder had been expected to get probation past month, aft pleading blameworthy to a misdemeanor and saying helium had not been progressive successful immoderate unit that day. Then armchair detectives who telephone themselves Sedition Hunters unearthed the video online. Prosecutors said the signaling captured an battle connected an officer, though they opted not to record caller charges.

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— #SeditionHunters (@SeditionHunters) August 18, 2021

Reeder said helium touched oregon grabbed the officer’s shoulder, and forgot to notation it successful erstwhile FBI interviews wherever helium voluntarily shared video with agents.

“Immediately aft the enactment with the constabulary serviceman I conscionable wanted to get retired of there. It conscionable wasn’t me,” helium said. “I’ve ever been regretful and ashamed of being there, not due to the fact that I’m successful occupation but due to the fact that I saw what happened and it was disgusting.”

More than 630 radical person been charged in the insurrection, wherever a pro-Trump mob bushed and bloodied constabulary successful an effort to disrupt the certification of Joe Biden’s victory. The throng sent lawmakers moving for their lives and caused $1 cardinal damage.