A judge sentenced a 47-year-old Bradenton man to federal prison for assaulting law enforcement during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Christopher R. Cooper sentenced John Anthony Schubert III to 18 months in prison with 24 months of supervised release and ordered him to pay $2,000 in restitution.
Schubert previously pleaded guilty to a felony offense of assaulting, resisting or impending law enforcement officers on April 11.
Prosecutors say Schubert was part of the “initial breach” of police barricades before 1 p.m. on Jan 6 in a roundabout at Pennsylvania Avenue and 1st Street NW known as Peace Circle in Washington D.C.
Despite the area being blocked by fencing and closed to the public on Jan. 6, prosecutors say the crowd of rioters, with Schubert among them, breached the police barricades in the area and made their way to West Plaza.
Once in West Plaza, prosecutors say Schubert joined a larger group of rioters and began fighting a heavily outnumbered group of law enforcement officers who were struggling to prevent the rioters from getting closer to the Capitol building.
Video footage appeared to show Schubert pushing and shoving “at least one law enforcement officer,” the FBI wrote in an arrest warrant.
Court documents say Schubert also attempted to punch the officer and only retreated from the fighting after he was sprayed with a chemical irritant.
Prosecutors say Schubert then made his way to the Upper West Terrace and entered the Capitol building at around 2:21 p.m. by climbing through a broken window next to the Senate Wing Door.
After entering, Schubert helped his parents climb through the same building, according to a news release.
The group then made their way to different locations inside the Capitol building, including the Rotunda and Statuary Hall before Schubert exited the building at around 2:43 p.m. through the East Front House Door, a news release says.
Schubert was identified in a photo shared by the FBI, the Department of Justice previously said .
Schubert was arrested on Oct. 4, 2023, in Bradenton, the Bradenton Herald previously reported. Schubert’s parents, Amy and John Schubert Jr., were also previously arrested, charged and convicted for their role in the Jan. 6 insurrection. The couple from Crest Hill, Illinois, were arrested on July 26, 2021, and charged with knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, according to the Department of Justice’s Website.
The couple was identified through a YouTube video, the Bradenton Herald previously reported.
Both Amy and John Schubert Jr. took plea deals and were sentenced to 18 months probation, fines and 100 hours of community service, according to court documents.
In the 42 months since Jan. 6, 2021, more than 1,470 people have been charged in nearly all 50 states for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol, including more than 530 individuals charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement, according to the Department of Justice.
Around 140 police officers were assaulted on Jan. 6 at the Capitol, including about 80 from the U.S. Capitol Police and 60 from the Metropolitan Police Department, the Department of Justice says.
Two other men with ties to the Bradenton area were arrested for taking part in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. Adam Johnson, a 38-year-old Parrish man, became one of the most recognized rioters at the Capitol thanks to a viral image of him carrying Nancy Pelosi’s lectern. He took a plea deal and served 75 days in prison, the Bradenton Herald previously reported.
Daniel Lyons Scott, a 30-year-old man who was identified as a Bradenton resident at the time of his arrest, was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to felony charges , including assault. Investigators identified him as one of the first members of the mob to initiate contact with law enforcement on the Capitol steps before the first breach of the building.
Scott was a member of the far-right extremist Proud Boys group and went by the nickname “Milkshake,” according to prosecutors.
Schubert’s case was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the Department of Justice National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section, with assistance from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida.
The investigation was overseen by the FBI’s Tampa and Washington Field Offices, which identified Schubert in a BOLO or “be on the lookout alert.” The Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department also assisted in the investigation, according to the release.
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