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The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer
National
Vinny Vella

Pa. man who shot up a Democratic Committee office after Trump’s loss will spend 3 years in prison

PHILADELPHIA — An Eagleville man was sentenced to just over three years in federal prison Thursday on charges brought after he drunkenly fired shots into Montgomery County Democratic Committee headquarters last year in protest of what he believed was the stolen 2020 presidential election.

Anthony Nero, 49, spent weeks leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riots and after unleashing his anger over former President Donald Trump’s loss to President Joe Biden on social media, according to posts federal prosecutors unveiled at Nero’s sentencing before U.S. District Judge Karen S. Marston.

In court Thursday, Nero wept and apologized for his behavior as he was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for cyberstalking and harassment.

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