Illinois man pleads guilty to felonies in 2021 Capitol riot

Federal prosecutors say a central Illinois man pleaded responsible Friday to felony prices for assaulting a regulation enforcement officer and a member of the information media through the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the U.S. Capitol

CHICAGO — A central Illinois man pleaded responsible Friday to felony prices for assaulting a regulation enforcement officer and a member of the information media through the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the U.S. Capitol, prosecutors stated.

Shane Jason Woods, 44, of Auburn, Illinois, south of Springfield, pleaded responsible within the District of Columbia to assaulting, resisting, or impeding regulation enforcement officers and a associated federal assault cost, prosecutors stated.

Court docket paperwork say Woods was amongst individuals on the Capitol grounds illegally, becoming a member of a mob within the Decrease West Terrace space. Somebody within the crowd sprayed a Capitol Police officer with a chemical irritant and fled, and when the officer pursued that individual, Woods lowered his shoulder and rammed into her, knocking her off her ft and sending her crashing right into a downed bicycle barricade, prosecutors stated.

Later that day, Woods gathered with different rioters within the media staging space on the Capitol and joined others in damaging media gear, in response to prosecutors. When a member of the media tried to stroll away to guard himself and his digital camera, Woods ran at him and tackled him, knocking him to the bottom and inflicting him to drop the digital camera, prosecutors stated.

Woods was arrested June 24, 2021, in Springfield.

He’s scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 13, 2023. The cost of assaulting, resisting, or impeding a regulation enforcement officer carries a statutory most of eight years in jail. The federal assault cost carries a statutory most of 1 12 months. Each prices additionally carry potential monetary penalties. A federal district court docket decide will decide any sentence after contemplating the U.S. Sentencing Tips and different statutory elements.

Woods is amongst greater than 30 Illinois residents charged within the Capitol riot.