WASHINGTON—A New York member of the Proud Boys who used a stolen police riot shield to smash open a window on the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Sept. 1 by a federal judge in Washington.
Dominic J. Pezzola of Rochester was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly on seven criminal counts, including obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to prevent an officer from discharging any duties, obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder, two counts of destruction of government property, assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers, and robbery of personal property of the United States.
