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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A 46-year-old antheral from Madera, already convicted for his relation successful the riot astatine the U.S. Capitol connected January 6, was handed a further condemnation connected Tuesday of illegally possessing firearms and ammunition, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
Federal prosecutors accidental the condemnation of Benjamin Martin connected Tuesday for illegally possessing firearms and ammunition comes 3 months aft being convicted successful the January 6 Capital breach trial.
According to grounds presented astatine proceedings and different tribunal records, successful September 2021, the FBI executed a hunt warrant astatine Martin’s residence successful Madera and arrested him connected charges filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia for the breach of the U.S. Capitol that occurred connected Jan. 6, 2021.
During the search, the FBI reported uncovering 8 guns, including an AR-15-style battle rifle, aggregate high-capacity magazines for the AR-15, and much than 500 rounds of ammunition. Martin was prohibited from possessing these items due to the fact that of his anterior home unit conviction, and resulting restraining order, for choking his then-girlfriend and dragging her backmost into the location aft she tried to flee.
Shortly aft his arrest, Talbert says Martin was caught connected a recorded jailhouse telephone wherever helium instructed his then-fiancée to prevarication to authorities and archer them that the firearms seized from his residence belonged to her and her begetter and that helium did not cognize astir them. She agreed to bash so, prosecutors say.
According to national officials, Martin besides precocious went to proceedings successful the Capitol breach lawsuit successful Washington, D.C., wherever the grounds showed that helium held a doorway to the Capitol unfastened portion officers tried to adjacent it. He kept the doorway unfastened truthful that different rioters could spray chemic irritants and propulsion objects astatine the officers. Martin was convicted connected each counts, which included 2 felonies for civilian upset and obstructing an authoritative proceeding.
