Prosecutors: Couple had 14-year-old 'in tow' at Capitol riot
Source: Associated Press
Prosecutors: Couple had 14-year-old ‘in tow’ at Capitol riot
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
December 2, 2021
Federal prosecutors said Thursday that a North Carolina woman deserves a prison sentence for bringing her 14-year-old child into the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot.
Virginia Marie “Jenny” Spencer and her husband, Christopher, had the child “in tow” when they joined other rioters who overwhelmed a line of police officers, invaded House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office suite and demanded entry to the House chamber, prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memo.
Prosecutors recommended three months in prison for Jenny Spencer, who pleaded guilty in September to parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building. The misdemeanor is punishable by a maximum of six months imprisonment. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly is scheduled to sentence her on Jan. 7.
Christopher Spencer has pleaded not guilty.
Previous court filings in the case against the Spencers did not say that the child was with them during the riot. In their memo, however, prosecutors cited the child’s presence as a factor weighing in favor of imprisonment when a judge sentences Jenny Spencer.
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