A New Jersey man who stole two microphones belonging to Nancy Pelosi and smoked a cigarette in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda was sentenced to 10 days in prison and a year of probation for his role in the Jan. 6 riot.
In federal court in Washington Friday, Robert Petrosh, 52, of Mays Landing, who served as a Marine, was also ordered to pay a $1,000 fine, and $938 in restitution, and he must return the microphones to the government within 30 days.
Prosecutors dropped four related charges against Petrosh in January after he pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of theft of government property. Still, attorneys for the government described him in court papers as “among the more culpable misdemeanor defendants arising out of the January 6 riot,” noting that he admitted to telling a Capitol Police officer: “Give us Nancy, and we will leave.”
