A New Hampshire man who “chugged” from a bottle of wine in the Office of the Senate Parliamentarian and stole a leather-bound book from the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was sentenced Monday to 90 days in jail followed by three years of probation. Jason Daniel Riddle, 39, of Keene, New Hampshire, was also ordered by U.S. District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich to pay $754 in restitution. The 90-day jail sentence matched the recommendation made by federal prosecutors, although the three years of probation was triple what the U.S. Department of Justice recommended. In a November 2021 deal with prosecutors, Riddle pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government property and one count of parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. Riddle was arrested in February 2021 after he was interviewed by the NBC television affiliate in Boston and mentioned chugging a glass of wine inside the Capitol. …
90 Days in Jail for Wine-Chugging Book Thief at US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021
April 5, 2022
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