A Washington D.C. judge sentenced a Harrisonburg man on Friday to 15 months in prison for his involvement during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Jay Kenyon’s full sentence handed down by U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson includes 15 months in prison, 24 months of supervised release and an order to pay $2,000 in restitution, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Columbia.
Jackson said she considered a wide array of factors in Kenyon’s sentencing, including his continued lack of remorse, understanding or taking responsibility for his crimes, as WHSV’s Washington correspondent Rhyan Henson reports.
Kenyon was seen on surveillance footage entering the Capitol among a group of rioters in various wings of the building. As law enforcement arrived in the Rotunda of the Capitol to clear the space, “Kenyon resisted and pushed against law enforcement” and later removed by an officer with the Metropolitan Police Department, the release said.
The FBI arrested Kenyon at its Charlottesville office on March 2, 2023. He was found guilty of five charges, including felony civil disorder, in October. Kenyon is one of over 1,500 individuals charged across the U.S. for their actions at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.