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10/22/2022 12:55:00 AMA January 6 rioter who carried two loaded handguns onto US Capitol grounds during the insurrection has been sentenced to 60 months in jail after pleading guilty to assaulting an officer that day and unlawfully carrying a firearm
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A January 6 rioter who carried two loaded handguns onto US Capitol grounds during the insurrection has been sentenced to 60 months in jail after pleading guilty to assaulting an officer that day and unlawfully carrying a firearm A January 6 rioter who carried two loaded handguns onto US Capitol grounds during the insurrection was sentenced to 60 months in jail on Friday after pleading guilty to assaulting an officer that day and unlawfully carrying a firearm. Mark Mazza, 56, entered the Capitol grounds armed with two handguns, one of which – a revolver called the “Judge” loaded with shotgun shells and hollow point bullets – he lost on the lower west terrace just outside the building.Link copied Oct..Officers noticed the white van at around 3:45 p. After losing the gun, Mazza joined the mob in a tunnel leading inside the Capitol, a scene where police were brutally attacked for hours by rioters armed with bats, poles, chemical spray, and the officer’s own weapons. During the attack, Mazza – still armed with his second pistol, according to prosecutors – took a baton from one officer and used it against him. 6, and dropped one of them on Capitol grounds, was sentenced to five years in federal prison on Friday. “This is our f***ing house!” Mazza yelled after attacking the officer, according to his plea agreement. District Judge Beryl Howell said Matthew Bledsoe's testimony, which claimed that he didn't know Congress was certifying the 2020 election on Jan. “We own this house! We want our house! Get out of the citizens of the United States’ way!” Dressed in a forest green prison jumpsuit, Mazza told Judge James Boasberg on Friday that he “got caught up in the mob mentality that I never anticipated. 6, 2021.” “I’m not quite the monster” the government “painted me as,” Mazza added, saying that he had never intended to fight police that day and left the tunnel as soon as he realized what he was doing was wrong. "The individuals told our investigators they were here to deliver documents to the U. Mazza also claimed that he assisted other officers outside of the tunnel.S. Bledsoe had pleaded not guilty to obstructing an official proceeding and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, among other charges, but was. “The tale you have to tell is a familiar one,” Boasberg told Mazza, adding that “it was the decisions people like you made (to) assault the Capitol in what was a true insurrection.” Boasberg added he was “alarmed” Mazza had brought two firearms with him and that, while Mazza claimed he was only armed because he heard Washington, DC, was the “murder capital,” the mall and Capitol building are not dangerous areas. Boasberg. Before being sentenced, Mazza again asked for mercy, telling the judge he was still “hoping I’m going to see my parents again.” Mazza will also have to pay a fine of $2,000 in restitution for damage done to the Capitol." Federal prosecutors said that Mazza,"while armed with [a] . Before issuing a correction, the Capitol Police said Payne had been charged with"40 U. CNN’s Casey Gannon contributed to this report. ." Mark Mazza, wearing a cap and a scarf with stars, at the Capitol on Jan. Read more:CNN International » Jan. 6 rioter who brought two guns to Capitol sentenced to five years in prison Jan. 6 rioter who scaled Capitol wall sentenced to 4 years in prison 80-year-old man arrested after van with guns found near Supreme Court Costa Mesa man, former UCLA student, sentenced for role in Jan. 6 riot