WASHINGTON (AP) — A Maryland police officer was convicted on Friday of charges that he joined a mob's Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and hurled
Montgomery County police officer Justin Lee arrives to the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Washington, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. WASHINGTON — A Maryland police officer was convicted on Friday of charges that he joined a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and hurled a smoke bomb and other objects at police officers guarding a tunnel entrance.
After Lee’s arrest last October, the police department said it had suspended him without pay and was “taking steps to terminate his employment.” A department spokesperson said in an email on Thursday that Lee remains suspended without pay. Videos show Lee wearing a Maryland flag-patterned gaiter over his face outside the Capitol. He also wore a military-style medical bag attached to his clothes.
Defense attorney Terrell Roberts III said the assault charge in this case only applies to acts involving physical contact with the assault victim.“It would be bad policy to send a man to prison where the evidence fails to prove each element of an offense,” he wrote before the trial. Lee had been on administrative leave since he shot and killed a man suspected of stabbing four people on July 22, 2023, according to the police department. The department said Lee hadn’t been performing a police officer’s duties since the shooting, but his unpaid suspension stemmed from his arrest on Jan. 6 charges.
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