Man caught with ‘small armory’ ahead of Capitol riot sentenced to nearly four years in prison
by Reuters from US news | The Guardian on (#5XRDF)
Judge said Lonnie Coffman's weaponry showed he had come to Washington to do battle'
An Alabama man found with a small armory" of guns, ammunition and molotov cocktails in his pickup truck ahead of the 6 January 2021 US Capitol riot was sentenced to almost four years in prison, one of the stiffest sentences so far handed down.
US district judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said the 46-month sentence reflected the seriousness of the charges against Lonnie Coffman, 72, who had pleaded guilty to possessing unregistered firearms.
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