Sentencing is scheduled on November 3rd for the ninth and final person from the Valley found guilty of their role in the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Michael Scott Lockwood, 32, of Southington pleaded guilty earlier this week in the District of Columbia to the felony charge of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers. Lockwood faces a  maximum sentence of eight years in prison.

According to government prosecutors, Lockwood’s actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.

 

Investigators say Lockwood was outside the west side of the U.S. Capitol building on the northwest riser that formed part of the inaugural amphitheater. At approximately 3:47 p.m., Lockwood sent a Facebook message to another user stating, “I’m on top of the capitol bro.” At 4:06 p.m., Lockwood sent another Facebook message that included a selfie of Lockwood on the northwest riser.

 

Lockwood Facebook photo
Lockwood Facebook photo  

At approximately 4:23 p.m., police officers used tear gas on the northwest riser, and Lockwood sent another Facebook message, stating, “They just tear gassed the F[***] out of us.” MPD officers then began to climb on top of a raised platform on the riser where a crowd of rioters, including Lockwood, were standing. Officers began clearing the platform of the rioters and attempted to move Lockwood off the platform, but Lockwood resisted

Court documents state that an MPD officer and a rioter were involved in an altercation when Lockwood grabbed the police officer’s baton. Lockwood then made contact with the officer’s arm and body, jumped off the raised platform, and pulled the police baton out of the officer’s hand.

At 5:07 p.m., Lockwood sent another Facebook message stating, “Yea bro I got in a fight with the cops and s[***],” to which the other replied, “And you didn’t get arrested ???” Lockwood then replied, “No arrest I took a baton from them.”

According to court documents, Lockwood sent a Facebook message to another user, writing, “Got me a little souvenir from Wednesday.” The message included two images of a police baton.

Of the eight others from the Valley who have been convicted of charges filed after the Capitol breach,  four are still awaiting sentencing.

Rachel Powell of Mercer County is scheduled for sentencing in October; Kenneth Thomas of East Liverpool has a September sentencing hearing, while Phillip Vogel II and Debra Mamione of New Castle will be sentenced in August.

Thomas will be sentenced in September.

In the 30 months since Jan. 6, 2021, more than 1,069 people have been arrested in nearly all 50 states for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol, including more than 350 individuals charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement.