Former OC Police Chief Among Jan. 6 Defendants Released

ORANGE COUNTY, CA — Former La Habra Police Department Chief Alan Hostetter was released Tuesday from federal prison.

The release comes after President Donald Trump pardoned hundreds of defendants convicted in the Jan. 6 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Hostetter was released between midnight and 12:30 a.m. and picked up from the federal prison in Oakdale, Louisiana, according to his attorney Karren Kenney.

According to Kenney, Hostetter said it was not the last time the public would hear from him and that he added, "We are just getting started."

Hostetter was convicted in July 2023 in a non-jury bench trial before U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth, who ruled he was guilty of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an official proceeding, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon and disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon, according to court records.

Lamberth sentenced Hostetter to 135 months in federal prison and 36 months of supervised release.

City News Service contributed to this report.