A Telluride man has been sentenced to a year and one day in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to a felony charge for participating in the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol, the Department of J…
Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Avery MacCracken, 70, pleaded guilty to felony obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder last year after he and others disrupted a joint session of Congress convened to count the votes from the 2020 presidential election, according to a news release.
MacCracken traveled to Washington, D.C., to protest the certification of the election results on Jan. 6, 2021, according to court documents. Around 2 p.m., MacCracken was part of a large group of people who were in the restricted area on the West Plaza of the Capitol. MacCracken grabbed another officer’s arm and uniform, tussling briefly with the second officer before moving past, the news release said.
FBI agents arrested MacCracken on Dec. 11, 2021,c in Colorado after Coloradans saw his image online and reported him as one of the Capitol insurrectionists, the news release stated.
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