Peter Schwartz threw a folding chair at metro police officers then stole a police duffle bag of pepper spray and handed the canisters out to others.
FILE - Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. A jury on Wednesday convicted a Uniontown man for his role in the Capitol riot, a conviction that could send him to prison for decades. A jury on Wednesday convicted a Uniontown man for his role in the Capitol riot, a conviction that could send him to prison for decades.
Schwartz threw a folding chair at metro police officers then stole a police duffle bag of pepper spray and handed the canisters out to others. He and others began spraying retreating police officers. Authorities said he also wielded a wooden club.
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