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Date: 04-14-2023
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Case Number: 21-cr-xxxx
Judge: Beryl A. Howell
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia (Washington County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Washington, DC criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with assaulting a law enforcement officer during the January 6, 2021, Capitol Breach.
Vincent J. Gillespie, 61, of Athol, Massachusetts, was accused of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers; civil disorder; engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds; and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building.
Gillespie was arrested on February 18, 2022, in Athol, Massachusetts.
The evidence at trial showed that on January 6, 2021, from approximately 4:11 p.m. to 4:26 p.m., Gillespie was among rioters in the Lower West Terrace of the Capitol who engaged in pushing, shoving, yelling, and fighting with law enforcement officers. He struggled his way through the crowd, eventually maneuvering through the rioters to the line of police officers defending the Lower West Terrace’s exterior door. At one point, he gained control of a police shield and used it to ram the police. He then used two hands to grab a Metropolitan Police Department sergeant by the arm, yanking him toward the mob. He then screamed “traitor” and “treason” at the police.
This 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 District of Massachusetts.
Outcome: Gillespie was found guilty on December 23, 2022, following a jury trial in the District of Columbia. Defendant was sentenced to 68 months in prison and was ordered to pay a fine of $25,000, restitution of $2,000, and to serve 36 months of supervised release.
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