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A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty today to assaulting law enforcement with a dangerous weapon during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.

JOSE DUPREY, also known as “Red” and “Colorado,” 53, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 141 months of imprisonment, followed by eight years of supervised release, for trafficking kilograms of cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin, and for violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal narcotics trafficking conviction.

U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Stacey Beardsley aka Stacey J. Peterson, 38, of Jamestown, NY, who was convicted of misprision of felony, was sentenced to serve two years’ probation and 50 hours community service by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.

A Massachusetts woman was sentenced to prison today after she previously pleaded guilty to multiple felony and misdemeanor offenses, including assaulting law enforcement during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. 

Nathaniel Erik Walsh, 29, of Middleton, was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl that resulted in the death of an individual, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. 

Amadius Archuleta was sentenced to 2 years in prison and 15 years of supervised release for the sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl.

Eric Watson was sentenced to 14 days in prison and three years of supervised release for a violent family dispute that escalated into a near-fatal stabbing.

BOSTON – A Boston man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to leaving a residential re-entry center where he was serving the remainder of his federal sentence for drug possession.  

SAN DIEGO – Sean Stevenson, a former high school science teacher at University City High School, was sentenced in federal court today to 120 months in prison for attempting to purchase oral sex from a 16-year-old. Stephenson was still a high school teacher at the time of the offense.