In December he was found guilty by a jury of his peers before District Judge Amit P. Mehta. Sentencing is set for May 5th.
Department of Justice
Three defendants were convicted in the District of Columbia yesterday (12/6/22) of felony and misdemeanor charges for their actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. Their actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
Peter J. Schwartz, 49, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania was convicted at trial in U.S. District Court of: four counts of felony assaulting, resisting, or impeding law enforcement officers using a dangerous weapon; interfering with a law enforcement officer during a civil disorder; obstruction of an official proceeding, and related charges.
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According to the government’s evidence, on Jan. 6, 2021, Schwartz and his wife Shelly Stallings, who pleaded guilty in August, traveled to Washington D.C. and were at the area of the Lower West Terrace of the Capitol Building. While at the front of the police line around 2:28 pm, Schwartz threw a folding chair at officers, later claiming to a friend that he “started a riot” by “throwing the first chair.” He then stole MPD duffle bags full of O.C. spray canisters, which he distributed to other members of the mob, including his wife, so that they could deploy them against the police. Wielding a large MK-46 canister and carrying a wooden tire thumper, Schwartz began indiscriminately spraying O.C. spray at any retreating police officers he could find. Around the same time, defendant Maly pushed through the crowd toward a group of police officers trying to escape up onto the inaugural stage and sprayed with his own O.C. canister. Schwartz and Maly then followed officers up into the lower west terrace tunnel, where they were joined by defendant Brown and dozens of other rioters. As the crowd heaved against the makeshift police line, Jeffrey Brown received an O.C. spray canister that was passed from Schwartz to Maly to Brown. Brown tried to use it but couldn’t figure out the nozzle. He passed it back to Schwartz, who appears to have shown Brown how to use it and passed it back. Brown then dove towards the front of the police line, spraying them with yet more OC spray.
Schwartz was arrested on February 4, 2021, in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
The charge of assaulting, resisting, or impeding law enforcement officers using a dangerous weapon carries a statutory maximum of 20 years in prison, as does the charge of obstruction of an official proceeding. The charge of interfering with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder carries a statutory maximum of five years in prison. All charges carry potential financial penalties. The Court will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Schwartz was already a convicted felon, on release from prison due to the pandemic, when he joined the insurrection...
Courier Journal
An affidavit says the FBI National Threat Operations Center received a tip Jan. 11 from an individual "who is personally acquainted with Schwartz."
The individual said Schwartz was involved in the riot in Washington, D.C., along with supporters of then-President Donald Trump, and that he was supposed to be at a rehabilitation facility in Owensboro on Jan. 6.
The person said Schwartz is a traveling welder and convicted felon who was released from prison due to COVID-19, per the affidavit from a special agent with the FBI.
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FBI agents identified Schwartz in an Action 8 News video of the riot that was posted Jan. 7 on YouTube and showed the Kentucky man on the West Terrace of the Capitol building wearing a "distinctive yellow-and-blue checked shirt or jacket," according to the affidavit.
His Sentencing Memorandum, submitted by prosecutors Monday, requests the highest sentence yet...
As one of the most violent and aggressive participants in the January 6, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol, and as someone who has a long history of assaulting police officers and women, the government asks that the Court sentence defendant Schwartz to 294 months of incarceration, three years of supervised release, restitution in the amount of $2000, a fine of $71,541, and a mandatory assessment of $100 for each felony conviction and $10 for each Class B misdemeanor conviction. This sentence is at the midpoint of Schwartz’s Sentencing Guidelines range and takes account of his repeated violence against police on January 6th, his substantial violent criminal history, his utter lack of remorse, and his efforts to profit from his crime.
This dude could be a geezer by the time he gets out...
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
A Uniontown man could face decades in prison after a jury convicted him for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
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At his U.S. District Court trial, Schwartz was found guilty of assaulting, resisting or impeding law enforcement officers using a dangerous weapon, obstruction of an official proceeding and interfering with a law enforcement officer during a civil disorder.
The first and second charges could each land him a maximum of 20 years in prison, while he could face up to five years in prison for the third charge, according to federal officials.
That’s probably a good thing…
Law & Crime
A Capitol siege suspect who was arrested on Thursday in Pennsylvania posted on social media the day after he sprayed police officers with a “chemical irritant,” declaring “we are now at war” whether “people will acknowledge it or not,” the FBI alleged in a criminal complaint.
The feds corroborated Peter Schwartz’s identity, in part, by going to his Facebook and noticing a quote: “God created all mankind. Samuel Colt made them equal. Samuel Colt and I share a birthday.” You may recognize Samuel Colt as the inventor of the revolver bearing his last name. Federal authorities said they looked up Colt’s birthday and found that it was July 19. This, it turns out, is Schwartz’s birthday.
When perusing the suspect’s Facebook page, the FBI said it found a post on the account admitting that Schwartz was at the Capitol. The post began by justifying the Jan. 6 events by directing attention to “terrorism” and “violence from the left”:
The Facebook profile also included a January 7, 2021, post that appeared to have been made by SCHWARTZ stating, “All the violence from the left was terrorism. What happened yesterday was the opening of a war. I was there and whether people will acknowledge it or not we are now at war. It would be wise to be ready!” No videos or images accompanied the post. Your affiant also saw in the comments written by Pete SCHWARTZ, under the January 7, 2021 post, “I’ll tell you this…I’m shocked reading the reports of what happened yesterday. Very different than what I saw up close and personal. (We’re still spitting up gas and mace today.).”
Schwartz’s wife, Shelly Stallings aka Shelly Schwartz aka #GreenPlaidLady, pleaded guilty to seven counts for her part last August...
Department of Justice
A Kentucky woman pleaded guilty today to resisting, impeding, and interfering with law enforcement officers with a dangerous weapon and other crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Her actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
Shelly Stallings, 43, of Morganfield, Kentucky, pleaded guilty in the District of Columbia to all counts in a superseding indictment charging her with assaulting, resisting, or impeding law enforcement officers using a dangerous weapon, interfering with a law enforcement officer during a civil disorder, and entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon, among other charges.
According to court documents, Stallings and three co-defendants sprayed a chemical irritant, pepper spray, at a line of police officers attempting to secure the area of the Lower West Terrace of the Capitol Building. The co-defendants, including her husband Peter J. Schwartz, 49, have pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Stallings was arrested on Feb. 16, 2022, in Owensboro, Kentucky. She pleaded guilty to a total of seven charges. The charges include five felonies: assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers using a dangerous weapon; interfering with a law enforcement officer during a civil disorder; entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon, and engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon. She also pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor offenses: disorderly conduct in the Capitol Grounds of Buildings and committing an act of physical violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings. She is to be sentenced on Jan. 13, 2023. She faces a statutory maximum of 20 years in prison on the charge of assaulting officers with a dangerous weapon and statutory maximums totaling 36 additional years for the other offenses, as well as potential financial penalties.
Here’s a clip of the couple in action...
She was given two years in prison...
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
A former Uniontown woman will serve two years in federal prison for her role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
Shelly Stallings, who now lives in Morganfield, Ky., was sentenced on Friday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.
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The defense asked for a sentence of one day incarceration followed by three years supervised release with the first year on home detention.
“Ms. Stallings has owned up to her conduct, admitted it to others, and accepted full responsibility for it. She fully understands the wrongfulness of her conduct; is motivated and, indeed, eager to change; and will do whatever is necessary to make certain that she does not re-offend,” her attorney wrote.
The FBI continues to seek the public’s assistance in identifying individuals who participated in unlawful conduct during the Capitol Insurrection. New images are added frequently...
If you have information about individuals who participated in the largest assault on police officers in U.S. history at the Capitol Riot on January 6th, call 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or leave a tip online at the FBI’s website.
If you just can’t get enough information about the terrorists who tried to usurp our democracy, then these links are for you…
Department of Justice Capitol Breach Cases
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George Washington University Spreadsheet — Updated Daily
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ProPublica Capitol Riot videos lifted from Parler
KUMU — Capitol Riot Insurrectionist Networks
Just Security — January 6th Clearinghouse
The Trace — Capitol Riot Gun Arrests
USA Today January 6 Capitol Riot Arrests
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Politico January 6 Insurrection Sentencing Tracker