![]() Gieswein’s lawyer, Assistant Federal Defender Matthew Belcher, did not object to the standard delay to allow the government time to present evidence explaining why Gieswein should be detained. Varholak set another hearing for Friday for prosecutors to make their case for why Gieswein should continue to be held behind bars while the criminal case against him in Washington proceeds. Robert Gieswein, 24, of Woodland Park appeared by video during a brief hearing in federal court in Denver a day after turning himself into local authorities. ![]() Capitol riot will be kept in federal custody at the request of federal prosecutors following his initial court appearance on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)ĭENVER | A suspected militia member from Colorado arrested in connection with the deadly U.S. ![]() Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., and David Perdue in Dalton, Ga., Monday, Jan. Sentences have ranged from probation for people who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor crimes to 10 years in prison for a retired New York Police Department officer who used a metal flagpole to assault an officer.Īssociated Press reporter Michael Kunzelman in Washington contributed to this report.President Donald Trump gestures at a campaign rally in support of U.S. Nearly 1,000 people have been charged so far in the riot. Gieswein repeatedly sprayed an “aerosol irritant” at police officers, pushed against a line of police and was one of the first rioters to enter the Capitol, according to a court filing accompanying his guilty plea to assault charges.įederal authorities have said Gieswein appeared to be an adherent of the Three Percenters militia movement and ran a private paramilitary training group called the Woodland Wild Dogs. He marched to the building from the Washington Monument with members of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group. Gieswein was wearing a helmet, flak jacket and goggles and carrying a baseball bat when he stormed the Capitol on Jan. Estimated sentencing guidelines for Gieswein recommend a prison sentence ranging from three years and five months to four years and three months, according to his plea agreement. Robert Gieswein, of Woodland Park, Colorado, is scheduled to be sentenced on June 9. The judge on Monday rescheduled Olivia Pollock’s trial for August as well.Īlso on Monday, a Colorado man pleaded guilty on to using a chemical spray to attack police officers who were trying to hold off the mob. Hutchinson, who now lives in Georgia, was scheduled to face trial in August. Jonathan Pollock is accused of thrusting a riot shield into an officer’s face and throat, pulling an officer down steps and punching others.Īuthorities say Hutchinson pulled back a fence that allowed other rioters to swarm police trying to defend the Capitol, punched an officer and grabbed the sleeve of another before throwing the officer out of his way. Olivia Pollock, who was wearing a ballistic plate-carrier vest during the riot, is accused of elbowing an officer in the chest and trying to strip the officer’s baton away during the melee. Olivia Pollock’s lawyer, Elita Amato, said Monday that her client “had been diligently assisting in her defense for her upcoming trial prior to her disappearance.”Īuthorities encouraged anyone with information about their whereabouts to contact the FBI. Hutchinson is representing himself at trial, and an attorney appointed to assist him as standby counsel declined to comment on Monday. Olivia Pollock and Hutchinson were initially arrested in 2021 and charged in a five-person indictment with assaulting law enforcement and other crimes. The FBI has offered a reward of up $30,000 in exchange for information leading to the arrest and conviction of her brother, who is accused of assaulting multiple police officers during the riot. 6 defendant, Jonathan Pollock, who has been on the lam for months. Olivia Pollock, of Lakeland, is the sister of another Jan. As of Monday afternoon, the FBI had not located either of them, he said. 6, 2021, Capitol attack as well as another riot defendant living in Georgia who has also gone missing, officials said.Ī federal judge in Washington issued bench warrants for the arrest of Olivia Pollock and Joseph Hutchinson III last week after the court was notified that they had tampered with or removed the ankle monitors that track their location, said Joe Boland, a supervisory special agent with the FBI’s Lakeland, Florida office.īoland said the FBI has recovered one of the defendants’ ankle monitors after they removed it, but declined to say whether it was Pollock’s or Hutchinson’s. The FBI is searching for a Florida woman who was supposed to stand trial Monday on charges stemming from the Jan.
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