Grimy Times: An Iowa man was found guilty of felony and misdemeanor charges for his actions during the January 6, 2021, Capitol breach.
Douglas Austin Jensen, 43, of Des Moines, Iowa, was found guilty by a jury of five felony offenses, including assaulting, resisting, or impeding a law enforcement officer and obstruction of an official proceeding.
According to the government’s evidence, on January 6, 2021, Jensen illegally entered the U.S. Capitol grounds at approximately 2 p.m. He scaled a wall on the West Front of the Capitol, watched as a mob broke the windows and doors at the Senate Wing entrance, and was the 10th person inside the Capitol Building.
Once he got inside, Jensen hastily rounded a few corners until he found himself in a crowd that halted when they encountered a Capitol Police officer by the East Grand Stairs. He squeezed himself to the front of the pack to face off with the officer. Ignoring commands to stop, he then chased the officer up the East Grand Stairs to the Ohio Clock corridor just outside the Senate Chamber.
Jensen was found guilty of five felony offenses: assaulting, resisting, or impeding a law enforcement officer, obstruction of an official proceeding, interfering with a law enforcement officer during a civil disorder, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a dangerous weapon, and disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds with a dangerous weapon.
Jensen also was found guilty of two misdemeanor offenses: disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building.
Jensen is to be sentenced on December 16, 2022. The felony charges carry a total statutory maximum of 53 years in prison and potential financial penalties. The misdemeanor offenses carry a combined statutory maximum of one year of incarceration and potential financial penalties.
The case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. The case is being investigated by the FBI’s Washington Field Office, which identified Jensen as #44 in its seeking information photos and the FBI’s Omaha Field Office and its Des Moines Resident Agency.
In the 20 months since January 6, 2021, more than 870 individuals have been arrested in nearly all 50 states for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol, including over 265 individuals charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement. The investigation remains ongoing.
Anyone with tips can call 1-800-CALL-FBI (800-225-5324) or visit tips.fbi.gov.
Mandatory Facts: Douglas Austin Jensen, the defendant, is 43 years old. He was found guilty of five felony offenses and two misdemeanor offenses. The felony charges carry a statutory maximum of 53 years in prison.
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Key Facts
- State: Washington DC
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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