{"id":4264888,"date":"2024-04-19T16:55:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T23:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888//www.sbsun.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888//?p=4264888&preview=true&preview_id=4264888"},"modified":"2024-04-23T13:30:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T20:30:31","slug":"4-inland-men-sentenced-to-prison-for-roles-in-jan-6-capitol-riot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888//www.sbsun.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888//04/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888//19/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888//4-inland-men-sentenced-to-prison-for-roles-in-jan-6-capitol-riot/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888//","title":{"rendered":"4 Inland men sentenced to prison for roles in Jan. 6 Capitol riot"},"content":{"rendered":"
Four Inland Empire residents who traveled together to Washington, D.C. to attend then-President Donald Trump/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888/u2019s Jan. 6 /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888/u201cStop the Steal/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888/u201d rally and later crossed police lines to ascend the West Terrace of the Capitol carrying bear spray were sentenced to federal prison on Friday, April 19./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888/n Erik Scott Warner, 48, of Menifee, was sentenced to 2 years, 3 months; Felipe Antonio Martinez, 50, of Lake Elsinore, was sentenced to 1 year, 9 months; Derek Kinnison, 42, of Lake Elsinore, was sentenced to 2 years, 9 months; and Ronald Mele, 54, of Temecula, was sentenced to 2 years, 9 months./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888/n Additionally, U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth ordered each to pay $2,000 restitution and complete 36 months of supervised release for their roles in disrupting Congress as it certified Joe Biden/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888/u2019s electoral victory in the 2020 presidential election. All four were taken into custody./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888/n The men, who prosecutors say were linked to the Three Percenters militia movement, all were convicted of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and obstruction of an official proceeding, both felonies, after a 17-day jury trial. Warner and Kinnison were also convicted of tampering with documents or records, a felony. And all four were found guilty of misdemeanor offenses of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds and disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888/n Only Warner was accused of entering the Capitol building./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888/n The Three Percenters has been described as an anti-government, extremist movement. Members compare themselves to American patriots who opposed the British during the revolution./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888/n Nicolai Cocis, the attorney for Kinnison, said in an interview Friday that the government had sought a sentence of 8 years and a $48,000 fine for his client./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888/n /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888/u201cThe judge recognized that not every individual that was at the Capitol on January the 6th is bad and that he sees some potential and that he determined that Kinnison has rehabilitated himself,/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888/u201d Cocis said. /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888/u201cThe judge agreed with the defense that the sentence the government was asking for was a harsh sentence and inappropriate given their involvement./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888/u201d/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888/n He added that all four men accepted responsibility for their actions and did not minimize their conduct./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888/n /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888/u201cNone of them were proud of their behavior,/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888/u201d Cocis said./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264888/n