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Woman gets 6 years for assaulting sergeant with flagpole, pushing officers down stairs during Capitol riot

A Florida woman was sentenced Friday to six years in federal prison for her actions during the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Audrey Ann Southard-Rumsey, 54, was found guilty of seven felony charges, including three counts of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers, three counts of civil disorder, and one count of obstruction of an official proceeding.

She was sentenced in D.C. federal court to 72 months in prison, the Department of Justice said in a news release Friday. U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta also ordered Southard-Rumsey to serve 36 months of supervised release and pay $2,000 in restitution.

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