A Connecticut man who pinned a police officer against a door in the Lower West Terrace tunnel for more than two minutes was sentenced to 7.5 years in federal prison for his role in violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The sentence handed down to Patrick Edward McCaughey III, 25, of Ridgefield, Connecticut, was among the longest given to any Jan. 6 defendant over the past 27 months. McCaughey was found guilty on nine charges in a bench trial in September 2022.
