Man jailed for 14 years for attacking police in Capitol riot

An image from a Washington Metropolitan Police Department officer’s body-worn video camera, released and annotated by the Justice Department in the Government’s Sentencing Memorandum, shows Peter Schwartz circled in red using a canister of pepper spray against officers on January 6, 2021, in Washington (Justice Department via AP/PA)

A Kentucky man with a long criminal record has been sentenced to a record-setting 14 years in prison for attacking police officers with pepper spray as he stormed the US Capitol with his wife.

Peter Schwartz’s prison sentence is the longest so far among hundreds of Capitol riot cases.