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Date: 09-27-2022

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United States of America v. Kyle Young

Case Number: 1:21-cr-00291

Judge: Amy Berman Jackson

Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia (Washington County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office

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Description: Washington, DC criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with assaulting a police officer during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Kyle Young, age 38, from Redfield, Iowa, 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.

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.

According to court documents, as the violence continued 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. He was indicted in April 2021 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.

The case was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the Department of Justice National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section. Valuable assistance was provided by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.

The case was investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department and the FBI’s Washington and Omaha Field Offices. Young was identified as #116 on the Washington Field Office’s seeking information photos. Valuable assistance was provided by the U.S. Capitol Police.

18:111(a)(1); ASSAULTING/RESISTING/IMPEDING OFFICERS/EMPLOYEES; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain officers
(4s)

Outcome: Sentenced to Eighty-Six (86) months incarceration, followed by Thirty-Six (36) months of supervised release. Special Assessment of $100.00 was imposed. Restitution in the amount of $2,000.00 was Ordered. (to be amended by a future order).

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