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Fairfield County 25-Year-Old Sentenced For Crushing Officer During Jan. 6 Capitol Riot Fairfield County 25-Year-Old Sentenced For Crushing Officer During Jan. 6 Capitol Riot
Fairfield County 25-Year-Old Sentenced For Crushing Officer During Jan. 6 Capitol Riot A 20-something Connecticut man who used a riot shield as a weapon and pinned an officer between doors has been sentenced for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot. Fairfield County resident Patrick Edward McCaughey III, age 25, of Ridgefield, was sentenced on Friday, April 14, to seven-and-a-half years in prison on nine offenses, said Matthew M. Graves, US Attorney for the District of Columbia. The 25-year-old McCaughey was found guilty following a bench trial in September 2022 along with co-defendants Tristan Chandler Stevens, age 26, of Pensacola, Flori…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Fairfield County Man Who Pinned Officer Between Doors Convicted For Role In Jan. 6 Riots Fairfield County Man Who Pinned Officer Between Doors Convicted For Role In Jan. 6 Riots
Fairfield County Man Who Pinned Officer Between Doors Convicted For Role In Jan. 6 Riots A Fairfield County man who used a riot shield as a weapon and pinned an officer between doors was found guilty of felony charges for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the United States Capitol Building. Patrick McCaughey III, age 25, of Ridgefield, was among the three men found guilty on Tuesday, Sept. 13, of felony and misdemeanor offenses for their actions on Jan. 6, 2021, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced.  Earlier report - Fairfield County Man Charged With Pinning Police Officer Between Doors During Capitol Hill Riot Tristan Chandle…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Two Proud Boys, Including One From Hudson Valley, Charged With Conspiracy For Capitol Rampage Two Proud Boys, Including One From Hudson Valley, Charged With Conspiracy For Capitol Rampage
Two Proud Boys, Including One From Hudson Valley, Charged With Conspiracy For Capitol Rampage Two members of the far-right Proud Boys group from New York, including a Hudson Valley resident, are the first people involved in the deadly pro-Trump rampage on the United States Capitol to face federal conspiracy charges. Prosecutors say they worked together to obstruct and interfere with law enforcement officers protecting Congress during the final certification of the 2020 presidential election. The two are Dutchess County resident Will Pepe, age 31, of Beacon, and Dominic "Spaz" Pezzola, age 53, of Rochester. Pepe worked as a laborer at Metro-North’s rail yard…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Trump Becomes Only President To Be Impeached Twice, This Time For 'Incitement Of Insurrection' Trump Becomes Only President To Be Impeached Twice, This Time For 'Incitement Of Insurrection'
Trump Becomes Only President To Be Impeached Twice, This Time For 'Incitement Of Insurrection' Donald John Trump is now the only president in U.S. history to be impeached twice by the House of Representatives. On Wednesday, Jan. 13 - just a week before the inauguration of president-elect Joe Biden and a week after the deadly pro-Trump riot at the Capitol building - the U.S. House voted to impeach Trump, a Republican, by a margin of 232-197 on one charge of incitement of insurrection. View the impeachment resolution here The vote was bipartisan. All 222 Democrats voted to impeach while 10 Republicans also did so, including GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney of Wyoming, daughter of form…

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by Kristin Palpini