A Connecticut man who used a stolen riot shield to crush a police officer in a doorframe during the U.S. Capitol insurrection has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for his role in one of the most violent episodes of the Jan. 6 attack.
In this image from U.S. Capitol Police video, released and annotated by the Justice Department in the sentencing memorandum, Patrick McCaughey III,, appears on police body-worn camera footage at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. McCaughey who used a stolen riot shield to crush a police officer in a doorframe during the U.S. Capitol insurrection was sentenced on April 14, 2023, to more than seven years in prison for his role in one of the most violent episodes of the Jan. 6 attack.
“Your actions are some of the most egregious crimes that were committed on that dark day,” the judge told McCaughey.the mob of then-President Donald Trump's supporters“I'm sorry that I conducted myself less like a citizen and more like an animal that day,” he said. Nine people, including McCaughey, were charged together with joining one of the most brutal clashes at the Capitol on Jan. 6. Police and rioters were fighting for control of a tunnel entrance on the Lower West Terrace when“Go home!” McCaughey shouted at the officer.
"It was only then, over two minutes after the assault began, that McCaughey relented and pulled Officer Hodges’s face shield down over his eyes," Assistant U.S. Attorney Kimberly Paschall wrote in a court filing.
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