Iowa man Kyle Young sentenced to 7+ years for assaulting officers, rioting at U.S. Capitol
On September 27, an ardent Trump supporter from Iowa was sentenced to 86 months in prison for assaulting a law enforcement officer during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Kyle Young, 38, of Redfield, Iowa, was sentenced in the District of Columbia.
According to NBC News, the Donald Trump fan took his 15-year-old teenage son along with him as he joined the riotous mob and proceeded to assault Mike Fanone, then a Washington, D.C. police officer, and another officer at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Young was sentenced to more than seven years in prison Tuesday.
According to court documents, Young was among a mob of people participating in the assault of law enforcement officers in the Lower West Terrace of the Capitol and the Archway that leads into the building. A group of officers from the U.S. Capitol Police and Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) formed a line at the door to prevent the mob from entering.
At around 2:54 p.m., Young joined the rioters who were pushing against the police line. While in the tunnel area beneath the Archway, he held a strobe light toward the police line and pushed forward a stick-like object. He assisted in throwing a large audio speaker toward the police line. As officers began to push the mob back from the doors around 3:18 p.m., another rioter pulled a Metropolitan Police Department officer through the tunnel and into the crowd outside.
Young admitted that he used a strobe light to disorient police, helped throw a large audio speaker at police, grabbed Fanone’s wrist when the mob abducted Fanone and made contact with another officer abducted by the mob. ~ NBC News
The MPD officer – wearing a uniform, marked helmet and tactical vest – was assaulted while he was in the mob by rioters, including Young. Young held the officer’s left wrist and pulled the officer’s arm away from his body. The MPD officer was then swept further in the crowd. He was rendered momentarily helpless when an individual repeatedly applied a taser to the back of his neck.
As the violence raged on in the Lower West Terrace area, Young also made contact with the helmet of a Capitol Police Officer who was pulled into the crowd.
Young was arrested on April 14, 2021 and indicted that same month along with two co-defendants accused of participating in the same attack. He pleaded guilty on May 5, 2022, to assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers. Following his prison term, he will be placed on three years of supervised release. He also must pay $2,000 in restitution.
In the 20 months since Jan. 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.
(Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office / District of Columbia)
(Cover Photo: Kyle Young Arrest Photo and Mobbing the Capitol, Image credits: Polk County Jail & U.S. District Court for D.C.)
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