Christopher Michael Alberts biography: 13 things about US Capitol rioter from Pylesville, Maryland

Christopher Michael Alberts is a military veteran from Maryland, United States. Here are 13 more things about him:

Christopher Michael Alberts was sentenced to seven years in prison, one of the longest among hundreds of Jan. 6 riot cases. https://t.co/y9BRoWrjEe

— Military Times (@MilitaryTimes) July 20, 2023

1. He hails from Pylesville, Harford County, Maryland.
2. He worked as a tow truck driver.
3. From 2005 to 2011, he served in the Virginia National Guard in Virginia, USA.
4. From 2007 to 2008, he was deployed to Iraq.
5. Wearing a tactical vest with protective plates and armed with a 9-millimeter pistol loaded with hollow point and high-pressure rounds and an extra magazine of ammunition, he went to the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., USA on January 6, 2021. That day, Donald Trump supporters breached the building while a joint session of Congress was certifying the vote of the Electoral College and affirming Joe Biden‘s victory in the 2020 presidential election. He was the first rioter to reach the northwest steps outside the building. During the riot, he allegedly used a wooden pallet as a makeshift battering ram against U.S. Capitol Police officer Stephen Sherman who was guarding a stairwell outside the building. In the evening, he was arrested.
6. On January 7, 2021, U.S. Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey signed a criminal complaint filed by a Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent against him. That day, he was released after he attended his detention hearing.
7. On January 27, 2021, he was arraigned and charged with unlawful possession of a firearm on U.S. Capitol grounds or buildings; unlawful entry or remaining on restricted grounds without lawful authority; carrying a pistol without a license outside home or place of business; and possession of large capacity ammunition feeding device. His preliminary hearing was held on January 28, 2021.
8. On February 25, 2021, he pleaded not guilty to four counts filed against him on January 27, 2021.
9. On May 14, 2021, superseding indictment was issued and he was charged with civil disorder; assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers; entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon; disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or ground with a deadly or dangerous weapons; engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds; unlawful possession of a firearm on a U.S. Capitol grounds or buildings; disorderly conduct in a U.S. Capitol building; act of physical violence in the U.S. Capitol grounds or buildings; carrying a pistol without a license outside home or place of business; and possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device. On May 25, 2021, he pleaded not guilty to all counts.
10. On April 17, 2023, he admitted on the stand that he was armed with a gun when he charged toward a police line at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 and claimed that his actions that day were defensive and not offensive.
11. On April 19, 2023, a jury in Washington, D.C., convicted him of nine counts. He was represented by Roger Roots.
12. On July 19, 2023, Honorable Christopher R. Cooper sentenced him to 84 months in prison and ordered 36 months of supervised release and restitution of $2,000.
13. He was 35 years old when he was sentenced on July 19, 2023 to seven years in jail. Cooper allowed him to remain free until he reports to prison at a date to be determined.

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