Former Cleveland schools worker sentenced to 15 months in prison for role in Capitol riots

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The Willoughby lady who pleaded responsible to a federal cost for taking part within the January 2021 riots on the U.S. Capitol constructing was sentenced on Friday morning.

The federal choose in Washington, D.C. sentenced Christine Priola to fifteen months in jail adopted by one 12 months of supervised management after her launch, in response to america Lawyer’s Workplace.

Earlier than her sentencing, Priola wrote a letter to U.S. District Courtroom for the District of Columbia Choose Tanya Chutkan.

“I precipitated concern within the individuals who had been in and across the constructing that day and precipitated concern for his or her households as properly,” the previous Cleveland Metropolitan Faculty District worker wrote.

Priola used the 10-page letter as a possibility to elucidate how she felt she reformed for the reason that day of the crime. She additionally detailed how her household has been negatively affected by her actions on Jan. 6, 2021.

Learn the letter beneath:

Priola was among the many people seen in pictures taken from contained in the U.S. Capitol Senate chambers after trespassers interrupted a joint Congressional session, the FBI and police in Washington, D.C. mentioned. She might be seen holding an indication that mentioned “The Kids Cry Out for Justice” whereas pointing a mobile phone at one other particular person seated on the vice chairman’s chair.

On the time of the riots, Priola was employed by CMSD as an occupational therapist. She resigned from her place the day after the riots.

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