Former Army captain and Proud Boys member headed to prison for storming the Capitol on Jan. 6
Source: Law & Crime
Dec 8th, 2024, 5:27 pm
A former Army captain and Proud Boys member from Florida was sentenced to one year behind bars for his role for helping organize the Jan. 6 riot and for storming the U.S. Capitol in 2021.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson also sentenced 43-year-old Gabriel Augustin Garcia to two years probation and ordered him to pay $2,000 in restitution. Garcia was convicted of two felony charges of obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding. The obstruction charge was later dismissed as part of the Supreme Court’s decision in Fischer v. United States.
According to prosecutors, Garcia was a member of the Proud Boys’ “Ministry of Self Defense” that was hand selected by leader Enrique Tarrio, the man currently spending a 22-year-prison sentence for his role in the riot. The group discussed about the potential for violence in a group text. Three days before the assault, Garcia texted “1776 flag flying over the White House last night” and then later added, “time to stack those bodies in front of Capitol Hill.”
Around 1 p.m. on Jan. 6, 2021, Garcia received a message from fellow Proud Boys that they were “storming” the Capitol. Garcia went to the Capitol and joined the mob.
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Full headline: ‘Nancy, come out and play:’ Former Army captain and Proud Boys member headed to prison for storming the Capitol on Jan. 6
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