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The
plea agreement filed in federal court in Washington calls for
Louis Enrique Colon of Missouri to admit to a single felony
charge and cooperate with prosecutors. Colon admitted to
crossing police barricades during the riot before climbing a
wall to gain access to a higher level of the Capitol.
While inside the Capitol building, Colon used his hands and a
chair to obstruct police officers who were trying to lower
retractable doors to stop rioters from streaming into the
building.
Colon, 45, was charged in February 2021 along with four other
members of the Kansas City metro chapter of the Proud Boys. He
is the first defendant in that case to plead guilty.
A judge had imposed monitoring conditions on Colon while he
awaited trial. Colon will be sentenced later this year, and he
faces a statutory maximum of five years in prison and a fine of
up to $250,000.
He will likely receive a reduced sentence because of his
admission of responsibility and cooperation.
Colon was not charged in the same conspiracy case as Enrique
Tarrio, the former Proud Boys chairman and one of the most
high-profile of the 800 people facing criminal charges relating
to the riot.
Colon's plea comes two weeks after a Proud Boys leader, Charles
Donohoe, pleaded guilty to obstructing an official proceeding,
and assaulting and impeding police officers.
(Reporting by Jan Wolfe; Editing by Scott Malone and Jonathan
Oatis)
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