Tyler Dykes, 26, who said at sentencing he is supporting Trump to be president, pleaded guilty to assault charges

A Marine who stormed the US Capitol and apparently flashed a Nazi salute in front of the building was sentenced on Friday to nearly five years in prison.

Tyler Bradley Dykes, of South Carolina, was an active-duty US marine when he grabbed a police riot shield from the hands of two police officers and used it to push his way through police lines during the attack by a mob of Donald Trump’s supporters on 6 January 2021.

Dykes, who pleaded guilty in April to assault charges, was previously convicted of a crime stemming from the 2017 white nationalist Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Dykes was transferred to federal custody in 2023 after he served a six-month sentence in a state prison.

US district judge Beryl Howell sentenced Dykes, 26, to four years and nine months of imprisonment, the justice department said.

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    4 months ago

    Good. What happened to that air force colonel or whatever that shows up in tacticool gear in the Capitol? Anything ever happen to that guy?

    Edit: nvm. Found him. He was retired when he did the invasion. He has been caught and jailed.