ATLANTA — A Georgia man who was arrested in Washington, D.C., for threatening to shoot former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi following the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot has asked a federal judge for permission to sell a cache of firearms seized in his arrest.
Cleveland Grover Meredith Jr. pleaded guilty in September 2021 to making interstate threats, a felony, and was sentenced to serve more than two years in prison and three years probation following his arrest in a Washington hotel a day after the Capitol riot. His felony conviction included a ban from possessing firearms.
In a filing this week in U.S. District Court in Washington, Meredith, who has completed his prison term, asked Judge Amy Berman Jackson to release an assault rifle, a semi-automatic handgun, and more than 2,500 rounds of ammunition, including armor-piercing rounds, seized in his arrest to an Atlanta attorney who will then sell them on his behalf.
