A Universal City man who was seen on video ripping the gas mask off an officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot was found guilty of six felony charges.
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden convicted Steven Cappuccio, a 53-year-old veteran, of assault, disorderly conduct and civil disorder.
Klein and Cappuccio were among nine co-defendants charged with crimes related to one of the most violent and pivotal episodes of the Jan. 6 siege: brutal waves of hand-to-hand combat between rioters and police officers in a tunnel leading to a Capitol entrance on the Lower West Terrace. McFadden allowed Klein, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served in Iraq, to remain free under house arrest until his sentencing but ordered Cappuccio to be jailed immediately after the verdict.at his home in Universal City in August 2021 after a body-worn camera captured him inside the Lower West Terrace of the Capitol.
“All the while, Cappuccio continued to hold his phone in the air, recording the violence between the rioters and the police line,” prosecutors wrote.
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