A North Carolina resident, Curtis Davis, has been handed down a 24-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to assaulting law enforcement during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia press release disrupting Congress's function of ascertaining the electoral college votes from the 2020 presidential election.
Davis, a 45-year-old from Snow Hill, admitted to forcibly attacking officers inside the Capitol; he attempted to wrest a baton from an officer, punched another in the face shield, and aggressively tore a riot shield from a third, then used this shield to push against police lines, these details emerge from court filings cited in the release, Davis's sentence also includes a subsequent 36 months of supervised release, which begins with six months of home detention, and a financial obligation of paying $2,000 in restitution.
The events unfolded on the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021, where Davis was documented forcing his way through law enforcement as they worked to control the mob inside the Capitol's Rotunda. An FBI arrest came almost two years later, on December 8, 2023.
Further incriminating evidence came from Davis's cell phone, wherein he recorded himself boasting about his assault with the words, "Them knuckles right there, from one of those m—f— faces at the Capitol." The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia shared that the case is part of a larger crackdown which has seen over 1,532 individuals charged for their actions related to the Capitol breach, and over 571 of those charges were for assaulting or impeding law enforcement, a felony - ongoing investigations continue with the efforts of multiple agencies.
Prosecution of the case was a joint effort by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the Counterterrorism Section of the Department of Justice National Security Division with assistance from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina, the FBI's Charlotte and Washington Field Offices spearheaded the investigation, with additional support coming from the U.S. Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department.
