Ex-WVa councilman Eric Barber gets 45-day sentence in Capitol riot case

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Source: Associated Press

Ex-WVa councilman gets 45-day sentence in Capitol riot case

June 14, 2022

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former city councilman in West Virginia was sentenced Tuesday to 45 days in prison for breaching the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.

Eric Barber was sentenced by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., for his December guilty plea to a misdemeanor count of illegally entering the Capitol, news outlets reported. Barber also was given a seven-day sentence, which the judge suspended, for stealing a portable battery charger from a media stand inside the Capitol.

Barber was ordered to pay $500 restitution for damage done to the Capitol and for the cost of the charger.

Barber’s federal public defender had sought probation, saying his 43-year-old client had expressed remorse.

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FILE - This image from an FBI affidavit filed in federal court in Washington, D.C. and taken from U.S. Capitol Police closed-circuit TV surveillance footage, shows Eric Barber, left, taking a selfie inside the Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Barber was sentenced Tuesday, June 14, 2022, to 45 days in prison for his role in the breach of the Capitol. (U.S. Capitol Police via AP, File)