An Iowa resident was sentenced on Sept. 27 to more than seven years in federal prison for assaulting a law enforcement officer on Jan. 6, 2021, matching one of the longest terms of imprisonment so far among nearly 900 U.S. Capitol breach prosecutions.
Kyle Young, 38, of Redfield, Iowa, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Washington by Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who noted that Young admitted to being among a group of protesters who participated in the assault of a former police officer in the Lower West Terrace of the Capitol.
Young attempted to turn himself in on Jan. 27 but “lied” about not having “anything to do with the riots,” according to court documents (pdf). He stated at the time that a cousin notified him that a picture of him appeared on the news….