Jan. 6 Defendant Sentenced to 24 Months’ Probation With 30 Days Home Detention

Image from Capitol Building CCTV footage on January 6, 2021, showing Angelo Pacheco standing in the doorway on the Upper West Terrace of the U.S. Capitol Building (July 14, 2023 Statement of Facts).

A Jan. 6 protester who spent 18 seconds inside the Capitol building during the protests has been sentenced to 24 months of probation with 30 days of home detention.

Angelo Pacheco, a 24-year-old man from Kansas City, will also have to pay $500 restitution for damages done to the Capitol building that day, which the federal government says totaled more than $2.73 million, according to an April 8, 2022, court filing.