Crime & Safety
NJ Jan. 6 Rioter Interviewed With Bloody Hand Sentenced: Report
Thomas Baranyi of Ewing was next to Ashli Babbit when she was fatally wounded by police during the Jan. 6 riots.
PRINCETON, NJ - A Mercer County man who gave a TV interview after storming the U.S. Capitol, has been sentenced to prison, according to a news report.
Thomas Baranyi was next to Ashli Babbit when she was fatally wounded by police during the Jan. 6 riots. he showed her blood on his hands during a TV interview later that day.
On Friday, Baranyi was sentenced to 90 days in federal prison and one year of supervised release for his role in the Capitol riots reported NJ.com.
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In February, Baranyi pleaded guilty to one count of entering and remaining in a restricted building.
Born and raised in Hamilton, Baranyi, 30, lives in Ewing Township. After the Jan. 6 riots, he gave an interview to a reporter from WKRG, a CBS affiliate, saying he was near Babbit when she tried climbing through a broken window into the Speaker's Lobby.
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Baranyi graduated from The College of New Jersey in 2017, and joined the Peace Corps, serving in Albania.
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