WASHINGTON – A New York lady has been discovered responsible within the District of Columbia of felony expenses for her actions throughout the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Her actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to establish and rely the electoral votes associated to the 2020 presidential election.
Maryann Mooney-Rondon, 56, of Watertown, New York, was discovered responsible on March 27, 2023, of obstruction of an official continuing, and aiding and abetting the theft of presidency property. U.S. District Court docket Choose Jia M. Cobb within the District of Columbia returned the decision after a trial through which Mooney-Rondon and the federal government agreed upon a stipulated set of details relating to her conduct.
In line with court docket paperwork, on Jan. 6, 2021, Mooney-Rondon, attended a rally on the Ellipse after which marched to the Capitol, the place she and her son Rafael Rondon, who pleaded responsible in December 2022, illegally entered the grounds. The 2 entered the Capitol Constructing at roughly 2:23 p.m. by the Senate Wing Door. They moved by the constructing and, at roughly 2:32 p.m., entered the workplace suite of the Speaker of the Home. They then moved right into a convention room, the place they assisted an unidentified male within the theft of a laptop computer pc. They later moved to the Senate Gallery, the place every stole a satchel containing an emergency escape hood, a filtering respiratory protecting system maintained for members of Congress and workers. They exited the Capitol Constructing at roughly 2:52 p.m.
Mooney-Rondon was arrested on Oct. 1, 2021, in Syracuse, New York. A sentencing listening to is scheduled for July 18, 2023. She faces a statutory most of 20 years in jail for obstruction of an official continuing, in addition to potential monetary penalties. A federal district court docket choose will decide any sentence after contemplating the U.S. Sentencing Pointers and different statutory components.
This case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace for the District of Columbia and the Division of Justice Nationwide Safety Division’s Counterterrorism Part. Useful help was offered by the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace for the Northern District of New York.
The case is being investigated by the FBI Albany Discipline Workplace and the FBI’s Washington Discipline Workplace, which recognized Mooney-Rondon as #225 in its in search of info pictures. Useful help was offered by the Metropolitan Police Division and the U.S. Capitol Police.
Within the 26 months since Jan. 6, 2021, greater than 1,000 people have been arrested in practically all 50 states for crimes associated to the breach of the U.S. Capitol, together with over 320 people charged with assaulting or impeding legislation enforcement. The investigation stays ongoing.
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