A former police officer who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was found guilty on all six charges at trial on Monday.
Thomas Robertson, a former officer in Rocky Mount, Virginia was found guilty by a jury after just hours of deliberations.
Robertson faced six charges, including, civil disorder, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds while carrying a deadly or dangerous weapon and obstruction of an official proceeding, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
At the weeklong trial federal prosecutors showed images and video — including police bodycam footage — of Robertson outside the Capitol with a wooden stick, and later, entering the building with a fellow police officer, according to Insider.
Robertson’s misdemeanor convictions were never really in doubt. Even his attorney Mark Rollins argued during his closing argument that the jury should convict Robertson of several of the misdemeanor charges he faced. However, Rollins disputed that the wooden stick Robertson was seen with in the videos amounted to a dangerous weapon. He argued that his client was using it as a walking stick to alleviate injuries he sustained while serving in the army.
Prosecutors noted that he used the stick to block police officers on Jan. 6. Also, when FBI agents found the stick in the trunk of his car, he referred to it as a flag pole, not a walking stick.
“This defendant gleefully put himself in the thick of the initial round of rioters who set off hours of chaos inside the Capitol,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Risa Berkower told jurors during closing arguments on Friday.
Jacob Fracker, a former colleague of Robertson’s recalled accompanying him on Jan. 6. Fracker, who Robertson called his “son,” testified on behalf of the prosecution after reaching a plea deal with the government last month.
“I absolutely hate this,” Fracker said in court on Wednesday.
“I’ve always been on the other side of things … the good guy side, so to speak,” he added.
Fracker said he decided to plead guilty and cooperate because he wanted to spend more time with his daughter and limit his prison time.
Both men were off duty at the time they traveled to D.C. They were arrested a week after the riot and fired by the city shortly after.
Nearly 800 people have been arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 attack, and almost 250 have pleaded guilty, according to NBC News. Last month, a jury convicted Guy Reffitt, 49, on each of the five counts he faced.
In addition to the two jury trials, two Jan. 6 defendants have resolved their cases through bench trials, including Matthew Martin who was acquitted by U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden–a Trump appointee–last week.
