Tristan Chandler Stevens, 26, of Pensacola, Fla., and David Mehaffie, 63, of Kettering, Ohio, were found guilty of five felony counts and two misdemeanor counts, respectively. On January 6, 2021, “the three defendants attempted to storm the building by directing other rioters, engaging in rioting against the police line, using riot shields stolen from the Capitol Police and assaulting three specific officers,” the Justice. said the Department. “Mehaffie was hanging from an arch and shouting directions from above, and McCaughey and Stevens were key players in the melee below. McCaughey grabbed a riot shield and used it as a weapon. Even when the officers finally cleared the area of the tunnel, the three defendants remained illegally in the Capitol.” All three men were convicted of assault charges, however, McFadden only agreed to add a dangerous weapon enhancement, which could have added a possible prison term, to McCaughey’s convictions, according to CBS affiliate WUSA-TV. McFadden ruled that the riot shields the three men stole were not inherently dangerous weapons, but that they were made the way McCaughey used them, WUSA-TV reports. McCaughey was caught on video using a riot shield to pin MPD Officer Daniel Hodges to a door during the riot. Hodges was seen screaming in pain as he was crushed against the door as rioters tried to enter the Capitol building. In an interview with CBS News, Hodges said that on video, you can see McCaughey grab his gas mask, slam his head on the door and rip it open. You have seen images of Ofc Hodges crushed against the door during the riot at the US Capitol. Now we need your help to find the suspect who used a police shield to pin him to the door jam. Do you have information? Call the FBI Tipline at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) @FBIWFO pic.twitter.com/AZt2lylfj9 — DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) January 16, 2021 “I definitely thought this might be it,” Hodges said. “I might not make it out of there.” Hodges, along with several other law enforcement officers, also testified before the House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. He repeatedly called the rioters “terrorists” throughout his opening statement. He said that as his head was being “whacked” by a rioter, he feared that “at best” he might collapse and become a liability to his colleagues. “At worst,” he added, “you crawl down into the crowd and get lynched.” She said, “I did the only thing I could do and screamed for help.” The seven felonies McCaughey was convicted of are: three counts of aiding or abetting or assaulting, resisting or obstructing law enforcement officers, including one involving a dangerous weapon; one count of obstructing official proceedings; one count of interfering with a law enforcement officer during a civil disturbance. one count of disorderly and disorderly conduct in a prohibited building or premises with a deadly or dangerous weapon, and one count of engaging in physical violence in a prohibited building or premises with a deadly or dangerous weapon.
He faces decades in prison. Stevens and Mehaffey were acquitted of obstruction charges. McCaughey, who was 23 at the time, was arrested on Jan. 19, 2021, in South Salem, New York, according to the Associated Press. McCaughey, who holds both American and German citizenships, was unemployed and lived with his mother in Ridgefield, an affluent town along the New York border, public defender Jason Ser said at the time. He was arrested at his father’s second home, where he was quarantined, the AP reported. McCaughey will be sentenced on Jan. 26, 2023, according to the Justice Department. Cassidy McDonald contributed reporting.

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