Light sentence for man who brought guns, Molotov cocktails and more to Jan. 6 Capitol riot
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On Friday, 72-year-old Lonnie Leroy Coffman, 72, of Falkville, Alabama, was sentenced to 46 months in prison after pleading guilty to federal and local firearms offenses stemming from the discovery of weapons in his pickup truck parked near the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Reportedly, Coffman traveled from Alabama to the District of Columbia several days prior to his involvement in the January 6 Capitol Riot.
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He parked his red GMC Sierra pickup truck in the 300 block of First Street SE, on the morning of January 6. Less than one-half mile away in the U.S. Capitol Building, a joint session of the U.S. Congress was scheduled to meet in the afternoon to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
Coffman admitted in his plea agreement that he exited the pickup truck at 9:20 a.m. and walked in the direction of the U.S. Capitol Building, and towards a rally near the National Mall. Inside his pickup truck were several loaded firearms within arms-reach of the driver’s seat, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, large-capacity ammunition feeding devices, a crossbow with bolts, machetes, camouflage smoke devices, a stun gun, and a cooler containing 11 mason jars filled with ignitable ingredients for Molotov cocktail incendiary weapons.
When asked, Coffman told officers that the mason jars contained melted Styrofoam and gasoline. ATF advised that the combination of melted Styrofoam and gasoline is an explosive mixture that has the effect of napalm because, when detonated, the substance causes the flammable liquid to better stick to objects that it hits. ~ U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Columbia
Coffman also carried a loaded handgun and a loaded revolver as he walked around the area that day. A search of Coffman’s residence in Alabama later that month led to the discovery of 12 additional mason jars containing ignitable substances, each constituting the component parts of Molotov cocktails.
"I don't think in all my years as a judge I've had such a collection of weapons," [U.S. District Judge Colleen] Kollar-Kotelly said. "He had like almost a small armory in his truck, ready to do battle." ~ NBC News
Coffman did not have a license to carry a pistol in the District of Columbia and had not registered any firearms or destructive devices in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, as required by law.
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Coffman has been in custody since his arrest on January 6, 2021. He will be placed on three years of supervised release following his prison term.
Coffman had pleaded guilty on November 12, 2021, to two counts of possession of an unregistered firearm, a federal offense, regarding the component parts of Molotov cocktails discovered in his pickup truck in Washington, D.C., and at his residence in Alabama. Coffman also pleaded guilty to carrying a pistol without a license, a District of Columbia offense. Judge Kollar-Kotelly sentenced him to 46 months in prison on each of the federal offenses, and 15 months on the District of Columbia offense, with the time running concurrently.
This guy got off easy considering the damage he could have done with the small armory of dangerous weapons he brought to the U.S. Capitol that fateful day. He could have been sentenced to a max of 15 years behind bars.
(Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Columbia)
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On Friday, 72-year-old Lonnie Leroy Coffman, 72, of Falkville, Alabama, was sentenced to 46 months in prison after pleading guilty to federal and local firearms offenses stemming from the discovery of weapons in his pickup truck parked near the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Coffman had traveled from Alabama to the District of Columbia several days prior to his involvement in the January 6 Capitol Riot.
Coffman parked his red GMC Sierra pickup truck in the 300 block of First Street SE on the morning of January 6. Less than one-half mile away in the U.S. Capitol Building, a joint session of the U.S. Congress was scheduled to meet in the afternoon to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
Coffman admitted in his plea agreement that he exited the pickup truck at 9:20 a.m. and walked in the direction of the U.S. Capitol Building, and towards a rally near the National Mall. Inside his pickup truck were several loaded firearms within arms-reach of the driver’s seat, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, large-capacity ammunition feeding devices, a crossbow with bolts, machetes, camouflage smoke devices, a stun gun, and a cooler containing 11 mason jars filled with ignitable ingredients for Molotov cocktail incendiary weapons.
When asked, Coffman told officers that the mason jars contained melted Styrofoam and gasoline. ATF advised that the combination of melted Styrofoam and gasoline is an explosive mixture that has the effect of napalm because, when detonated, the substance causes the flammable liquid to better stick to objects that it hits. ~ U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Columbia
Coffman also carried a loaded handgun and a loaded revolver as he walked around the area that day. A search of Coffman’s residence in Alabama later that month led to the discovery of 12 additional mason jars containing ignitable substances, each constituting the component parts of Molotov cocktails.
“I don’t think in all my years as a judge I’ve had such a collection of weapons,” [U.S. District Judge Colleen] Kollar-Kotelly said. “He had like almost a small armory in his truck, ready to do battle.” ~ NBC News
Coffman did not have a license to carry a pistol in the District of Columbia and had not registered any firearms or destructive devices in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, as required by law.
Coffman has been in custody since his arrest on January 6, 2021. He will be placed on three years of supervised release following his prison term.
Coffman had pleaded guilty on November 12, 2021, to two counts of possession of an unregistered firearm, a federal offense, regarding the component parts of Molotov cocktails discovered in his pickup truck in Washington, D.C., and at his residence in Alabama. Coffman also pleaded guilty to carrying a pistol without a license, a District of Columbia offense. Judge Kollar-Kotelly sentenced him to 46 months in prison on each of the federal offenses, and 15 months on the District of Columbia offense, with the time running concurrently.
This guy got off easy considering the damage he could have done with the small armory of dangerous weapons he brought to the U.S. Capitol that fateful day. He could have been sentenced to a max of 15 years behind bars.
(Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Columbia)
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