90 Days in Jail for Wine-Chugging Book Thief at US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021

90 Days in Jail for Wine-Chugging Book Thief at US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021
Jason D. Riddle, 39, of Keene, N.H., was sentenced to 90 days in jail for drinking wine and stealing a book at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. U.S. Department of Justice/Screenshots via The Epoch Times
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A New Hampshire man who “chugged” from a bottle of wine in the Office of the Senate Parliamentarian and stole a leather-bound book from the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on April 4 to 90 days in jail followed by three years of probation.

Jason Daniel Riddle, 39, of Keene, New Hampshire, was also ordered by U.S. District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich to pay $754 in restitution. The 90-day jail sentence matched the recommendation made by federal prosecutors, although the three years of probation was triple what the U.S. Department of Justice recommended.

Joseph M. Hanneman
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Joseph M. Hanneman is a former reporter for The Epoch Times who focussed on the January 6 Capitol incursion and its aftermath, as well as general Wisconsin news. In 2022, he helped to produce "The Real Story of Jan. 6," an Epoch Times documentary about the events that day. Joe has been a journalist for nearly 40 years.
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