Larry Rendall Brock Jr. biography: 13 things about US Capitol rioter from Grapevine, Texas

Larry Rendall Brock, Jr. is a white man born in Texas, United States. He and his wife Katya Wallery Brock have three children together.

Larry and Katya are residents of Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. In 1989, he graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado, USA. He was attached to the 706th Fighter Squadron. _(a)
2. He is a U.S. Air Force veteran. A lieutenant colonel nicknamed Torch, he served in Afghanistan and in Iraq in a non-combat capacity. He remained on active duty until 1998. _(a)(b)(c)
3. From 2013 to 2015, he was the chief operating officer of Phoenix Aviation Group, which is based in Cartersville, Georgia, USA. _(b)
4. In 2014, he retired from the U.S. Air Force. For his service, he received three Meritorious Service Medals, three Aerial Achievement Medal and six Air Medals. From 2014 to 2017, he worked for Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA as a business development manager. _(a)(b)(c)
5. In 2019, he joined Hillwood Airways in Fort Worth, Texas as a commercial airline pilot. _(a)(b)
6. On January 6, 2021, he and his fellow Donald Trump supporters breached the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., USA. They disrupted a joint session of Congress to certify the vote of the Electoral College and affirm Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election. Getty Images photographer Win McNamee captured a photo of him inside the Senate Chamber wearing a tactical gear and a combat helmet while holding zip ties. _(a)(c)(d)
7. On January 8, 2021, his former wife, who was married to him for 18 years, called the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report that she recognized him in a photo taken inside the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021. _(d)
8. On January 9, 2021, U.S. Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey signed a criminal complaint filed by an FBI special agent against him. _(d)
9. On January 10, 2021, he was arrested in Texas and charged with one count of knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and one count of violent entry and disorderly conduct on the U.S. Capitol grounds. After his arrest, the Federal Aviation Administration revoked his licenses. (c)(e)(f)
10. Represented by Brook Antonio II, he was in a light green jumpsuit and a mask and with shackles at his hands and feet when he appeared in court in Texas on January 14, 2021. Assistant U.S. attorney Jay Weimer accused him of intending to take hostages during the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey L. Cureton said he would release him to home confinement and ordered him to surrender any firearms. (c) 
11. On June 24, 2021, he pleaded not guilty to entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; impeding ingress and egress in a restricted building or grounds and aiding and abetting; entering and remaining on the floor of U.S. Congress; disorderly conduct in a U.S. Capitol building; and impeding passage through the U.S. Capitol grounds or buildings and aiding and abetting. (f)
12. On November 16, 2022, he was found guilty of obstruction of an official proceeding; entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a U.S. Capitol building; entering and remaining on the floor of Congress; disorderly conduct in a U.S. Capitol Building; and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a U.S. Capitol building. (f)
13. He was 55 years old when U.S. District Judge John Bates sentenced him on March 17, 2023 to two years in prison and two years of supervised release after his prison term. The judge also ordered him to perform 100 hours of community service. _(c)

If you have information about someone who participated in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, call 1-800-CALL-FBI or submit relevant photos and videos to the FBI.

_SOURCES:

• _{a. The New Yorker}
• _{b. Zoom Info}
• _{c. Air Force Times} 
• _{d. U.S. Department of Justice}
• _{e. U.S. Department of Justice}
• _{f. U.S. Department of Justice}