A Gaston County, North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to assaulting police during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
23-year-old Grayson Sherrill of Cherryville entered his plea on Friday, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington. He will face sentencing on May 1, 2023.
The Department of Justice said Sherrill and others were able to get past downed barricades and fences to the West front of the building. As other rioters were seen getting combative with police, Sherrill and a co-defendant used metal poles picked up from the broken barricades while confronting officers. Sherrill himself swung at one officer.
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