New York Man Who Grabbed Officer’s Pepper Spray on Jan. 6 Pleads Guilty
The New York Times
Troy Weeks was at “the site of some of the most violent attacks against law enforcement” during the U.S. Capitol riot, prosecutors said.
An upstate New York man who grabbed a police officer’s can of pepper spray as he and other supporters of former President Donald J. Trump rioted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has pleaded guilty to federal felony and misdemeanor charges, prosecutors said on Friday.
The man, Troy Weeks, was part of the mob that was on the building’s Lower West Terrace, “the site of some of the most violent attacks against law enforcement” during the riot, prosecutors said.
Mr. Weeks, 38, of Greenville, pleaded guilty to felony charges of civil disorder and assaulting, resisting or impeding officers, as well as to misdemeanor counts that included disorderly and disruptive conduct and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, prosecutors said.
Lawyers for Mr. Weeks did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday.
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