Matthew Jason Beddingfield, 22, was sentenced to three years and two months in prison for assaulting police officers with a metal flagpole with a sharpened end during the January 6th Capitol riot. He had previously been free on pretrial release for an attempted murder charge in Johnston County, North Carolina. U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin warned that this sentence should serve as a warning to anyone who would consider similar conduct in the future.
