A federal jury late Jan. 18 convicted a Navy reservist on charges of unlawful possession of unregistered silencers.
Hatchet Speed, 41, of Falls Church, Virginia, also faces entirely separate charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021 breach of the U.S. capitol.
On the three counts of unlawfully possessing unregistered silencers, Speed faces a maximum penalty of 30 years—10 years for each count—in prison. His sentencing is scheduled for April 13. Actual sentences for federal crimes are typically less than the maximum penalties.
His lawyer, public defender Brooke Rupert, said Speed intends to appeal the verdict.
The case against Speed hinged on three items he bought from a company in Georgia in March 2021 that federal prosecutors argued were unregistered silencers….