NORFOLK, Va. — Federal prosecutors will seek jail time for two Virginia Beach brothers when they’re sentenced this week for their role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the U.S. Capitol.
Eric Von Bernewitz, 47, a broker who supplies furniture for government offices and military barracks, and his brother, Paul Von Bernewitz, 51, a restaurant server, are scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Both pleaded guilty in January to parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building, a misdemeanor offense that carries a maximum penalty of six months in jail and a $5,000 fine.
