A Scott man will serve 41 months in federal prison for throwing concrete and pipes at police officers during last year’s George Floyd protests Downtown. Andrew Augustyniak-Duncan, 26, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Arthur J. Schwab on June 2 to one count of obstruction of law enforcement during civil
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Two western Pennsylvania men have been sentenced to federal prison terms in the destruction of a Pittsburgh police car amid last year’s protests over the murder of
2nd man pleads in destruction of police car amid protests
June 1, 2021
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PITTSBURGH (AP) A second western Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to federal charges in the destruction of a Pittsburgh police car set afire during last year’s protests over the death of George Floyd.
Da’Jon Lengyel, 23, of McKees Rocks pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to set fire to property of an organization that receives federal funding” and “unlawful interference with a law enforcement officer during a civil disorder.” The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that when asked by a federal judge whether he had done what he was accused of, he said “I did, your honor.
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A man charged with setting fire to a Pittsburgh police car and assaulting a television camera operator during last year’s protests and riot over the death of George Floyd pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday.
Christopher West, 36, who has previous addresses in Brookline and Mount Oliver, will be sentenced for conspiracy and obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder by U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan on Oct. 5.
West will remain in custody at the Allegheny County Jail until then.