Schwartz, 49, also armed himself with a police-issued “super soaker” canister of pepper spray and sprayed it at retreating officers. “By throwing that chair, Schwartz directly contributed to the fall of the police line that enabled rioters to flood forward and take over the entire terrace,” prosecutor Jocelyn Bond wrote in a court filing. Schwartz was armed with a wooden tire knocker when he and his then wife, Shelly Stallings, joined other rioters in overwhelming a line of police officers on the Capitol’s Lower West Terrace, where he threw a folding chair at officers.
“You took it upon yourself to try and injure multiple police officers that day,” Mehta said. The judge said he didn’t believe Schwartz’s statement, noting his lack of remorse. Schwartz briefly addressed the judge before learning his sentence, saying, “I do sincerely regret the damage that January 6 has caused to so many people and their lives.” “You’re not somebody who is standing up against injustice or fighting against an autocratic regime.” “You are not a political prisoner,” the judge told hm.
Mehta said Schwartz was a “soldier against democracy” who participated in “the kind of mayhem, chaos that had never been seen in the country’s history.” US district Judge Amit Mehta sentenced Schwartz to 14 years and two months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
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