A retired New York Police Department officer was sentenced to 10 years in prison for assaulting a law enforcement officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon and related charges for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Thomas Webster, 56, of the village of Florida, New York, was sentenced in the District of Columbia.
Webster was found guilty by a jury on May 2, 2022, of five felonies: assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers with a dangerous weapon; obstructing officers during a civil disorder; entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, while carrying a dangerous weapon; engaging in disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, while carrying a dangerous weapon, and engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds, while carrying a dangerous weapon.
He also was found guilty of one misdemeanor, engaging in an act of physical violence in the Capitol building or grounds.
Following his prison term, Webster will be placed on three years of supervised release. He also must pay $2,060 in restitution.
According to the government’s evidence, on Jan. 6, Webster first attended a rally and then moved to the Capitol, where he illegally entered the Capitol grounds. He wore a bulletproof vest and carried a large metal flagpole bearing the red and yellow flag of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Webster was arrested on Feb. 21, 2021. The case was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
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Key Facts
- State: Washington DC
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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