A Biddeford man received a 50 month prison sentence on Monday for his participation in the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Christopher Maurer, 45, formerly pleaded guilty last July to assaulting police during the 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Maurer appeared in court on Monday in front of U.S. District Chief Judge James E. Boasberg, who also imposed a $2,000 restitution fine and 24 months of supervised release as part of his sentencing, WMTW reported.
Maurer is the latest Mainer to be sentenced for their conduct during the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob loyal to Donald Trump attempted to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory. Rioters assaulted police officers and caused millions in damage to the Capitol building. The total cost of the riot, including damage, investigations and security upgrades, is about $2.7 billion, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Maurer was among the mob of rioters who amassed on the Lower West Terrace of the Capitol, near an area known as the “Tunnel,” where some of the day’s most violent attacks against law enforcement happened, the U.S. attorney’s office said Tuesday.
There Maurer attempted unsuccessfully to wrest a riot shield from an officer before leaving. He returned about 3:50 p.m. when the mob tried to push through the line of police officers. Maurer grabbed onto a can of chemical irritant held by another rioter. He also threw a “stick-like object” into the Tunnel, where it ricocheted off a wall and struck an officer’s helmet, and whipped officers with a cellphone cord, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
FBI agents arrested Maurer in Maine on Feb. 22, 2023.
More than 1,560 people have been charged for crimes related to the Capitol riot, including more than 590 who allegedly assaulted or impeded police, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
BDN reporter Chris Burns contributed to this report.
