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Lana Ferguson

Texas man found guilty of 6 charges in Capitol riot, including assault

A Collin County, Texas, man was found guilty Wednesday of assaulting a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach in Washington, D.C.

Matthew DaSilva, a 51-year-old Navy veteran from Lavon, was convicted of two felonies and four misdemeanors.

He was found guilty of civil disorder; assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers; entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds; and act of physical violence in the Capitol grounds or buildings, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in D.C.

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