A former U.S. Capitol Police officer who repeatedly messaged with a rioter from the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection in the weeks after the attack, then deleted those messages, was sentenced Thursday to 120 days of home detention and two years of probation.
, a Virginia Beach fishing boat captain, shortly before Jan. 6 because he liked Hiles’s videos and posts about fishing. But after Hiles entered the Capitol on Jan. 6, and then posted about it on Facebook, Riley sent him a message, which said: “Hey Jake, im a capitol police officer who agrees with your political stance. Take down the part about being in the building they are currently investigating and everyone who was in the building is going to be charged.
“Talk about a complete lie,” the judge told Riley. “We’ve seen the messages. We know the real story.” Federal sentencing guidelines called for Riley to face a term of 15 to 21 months, but prosecutors wanted that enhanced for Riley’s alleged abuse of his official role and obstruction of justice, to a range of 27 to 33 months. Jackson denied the enhancements. The federal probation office recommended a year of probation, which defense lawyer Christopher Macchiaroli called the appropriate punishment.
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