A mom and son who aided within the theft of then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) laptop computer once they participated within the mob that breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, had been sentenced Wednesday.
Maryann Mooney-Rondon, 57, was sentenced to 5 years of probation, with the primary 12 months to be served in house incarceration. She should additionally pay $3,657.51 in restitution, a tremendous of $7,500, and carry out 350 hours of group service.
Her son, Rafael Rondon, 25, was sentenced to 5 years of probation, with the primary 18 months to be served in house incarceration. He should pay $2,000 in restitution and carry out 350 hours of group service. His sentence is to be served consecutive to a separate one in New York for possession of an unregistered sawed-off shotgun that he was convicted of seizing with a number of different firearms.
The Division of Justice (DOJ) stated the mother-son pair attended the rally on the Ellipse on Jan. 6, marched to the Capitol after which entered the grounds illegally. They entered the Capitol at about 2:23 p.m. via the Senate Wing door, the DOJ stated.
They then went to the Speaker’s workplace suite, the place they assisted a person steal Pelosi’s laptop computer, per the division.
“Rondon later admitted that he helped the unidentified male disconnect cables from the laptop computer and put the system right into a backpack,” the DOJ stated in its sentencing memorandum.
“Mooney-Rondon later admitted that she assisted within the theft by offering the unidentified male along with her gloves so he wouldn’t depart fingerprints on the laptop computer,” the division stated.
The 2 then went to the Senate Gallery and stole CBRN escape hoods, in line with the DOJ, that are supposed to guard senators and workers from chemical assaults.
“Rondon and Mooney-Rondon donned the escape hoods and exited the Capitol Constructing, the place they remained on the East Stairs with a whole lot of different rioters,” the DOJ wrote.
The mom and son are amongst greater than 1,200 people who’ve been charged in reference to breaching the Capitol constructing, together with 400 charged with assaulting or impeding regulation enforcement.
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