DOJ: Loudon man sentenced for assaulting law enforcement during January 6

WASHINGTON (WATE) — A Loudon man has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to a felony charge earlier this month for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Devin McNulty, 28, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison, 24 months of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution. On Feb. 1, he pleaded guilty to a felony count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers.

The DOJ shared that McNulty was seen on various videos shared on social media from the Capitol grounds, including at the west front of the Capitol building and scaling the retaining wall to reach the Upper West Terrace.

The DOJ shared that McNulty was seen “violently pushed against one officer’s riot shield multiple times over the course of several seconds.” An officer interviewed following the riot said he attempted to gain control of their shields, forcing them to exert increasingly more effort to counteract him. The officer described their interaction with McNulty as “aggressive” and “persistent.”

According to court documents, the FBI agents were able to identify him by comparing photos and videos from the Capitol to a poster advertising a Knoxville mixed-martial arts fight McNulty competed in . Investigators then used call logs and data from Snapchat to track his whereabouts from Knoxville on Jan. 5 to Washington D.C. the next day.

He was arrested in Atlanta on June 13, 2023. His case was investigated by the FBI’s Knoxville and Washington Field Offices, with assistance from the U.S. Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department.

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