A Texas winery owner who supplied the helmet used by a rioter to bash out the windows of the House Speaker’s Lobby entrance at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to 83 months in federal prison on May 23.
In addition to his 83-month prison sentence, Christopher Ray Grider, 41, of Eddy, Texas, was also ordered by U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly to serve 36 months of supervised release, fined $812, and ordered to pay $5,055 in restitution.
In a December bench trial, Grider was found guilty on seven charges, including obstructing an officer during civil disorder; obstructing an official proceeding; injuring, damaging, or destroying government property; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building; violent entry and disorderly conduct in a restricted building; and engaging in physical violence in a restricted building….