UPDATED: Kevin Seefried Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison in Capitol Breach
Kevin Seefried of Delaware has been sentenced to 36 months in prison for his actions in the January 6, 2021 Capitol breach. Both 53 year old Kevin and his 24 year old son, Hunter – both from Laurel were arrested in January of 2021 and found guilty of obstruction of an official proceeding and four misdemeanor offenses last June in the US District Court for the District of Columbia. Kevin Seefried was photographed inside the Capitol building holding a Confederate flag. Hunter was sentenced last October to 24 months in prison.
Additional information from the US DOJ Release:
He was also sentenced to 12 months and six months for misdemeanor charges that include: entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a Capitol Building; disorderly conduct in a Capitol Building; and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol Building. All sentences to run concurrently. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Court Judge Trevor N. McFadden ordered 12 months of supervised release and restitution of $2,000.
According to the evidence presented at trial, Kevin and Hunter Seefried attended the Stop the Steal rally near the Ellipse on Jan. 6, 2021, and then headed to the U.S. Capitol. They illegally entered the Capitol grounds and joined a crowd of rioters who had breached a police line on a set of steps leading to the Capitol building. As they approached the building, other rioters near Kevin and Hunter Seefried broke windows with a police shield and a wooden two-by-four, and Hunter Seefried cleared a large piece of glass from one of those windows to. Hunter Seefried, Kevin Seefried, and other rioters climbed through that window and entered the Capitol building at approximately 2:13 p.m. Kevin and Hunter Seefried were among the first rioters to enter the Capitol building on January 6, 2021.
As Kevin Seefried approached, breached, and traveled through the Capitol building, he was carrying a large Confederate Battle flag. While inside the building, Kevin Seefried confronted U.S. Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman and both Kevin and Hunter Seefried were part of a larger group of rioters who chased Officer Goodman and verbally confronted several U.S. Capitol Police officers near the entrance to the Senate Chamber.
Kevin and Hunter Seefried were arrested on Jan. 14, 2021, in Delaware.
The case was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney鈥檚 Office for the District of Columbia. Valuable assistance was provided by U.S. Attorney鈥檚 Office for the District of Delaware.
The case was investigated by the FBI鈥檚 Baltimore Field Office and the FBI鈥檚 Washington Field Office, which listed Hunter Seefried as #18 and #31 on its seeking information photos, and Kevin Seefried as #30.聽 Valuable assistance was provided by the U.S. Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department.
