CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced to more than two years in prison for his involvement in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
37-year-old Leo Christopher Kelly was sentenced Friday to 30 months in prison and 36 months of supervised release. In addition, Kelly was ordered to pay $7,000 in restitution and fines.
The news comes just three months after Kelly was found guilty of obstruction of an official proceeding, a felony that can carry a sentence of up to 20 years.
Kelly was also convicted on six other charges:
- Entering or remaining in a restricted building
- Disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building
- Entering and remaining on the floor of Congress
- Entering and remaining in certain rooms of the Capitol building
- Disorderly conducted in a Capitol building
- Parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building
Kelly was first charged in January 2021 after an interview with a Christian news outlet where he said “… you violate someone else’s space … force your way into a building … in some ways that really feels wrong … but, … that [space] really does belong to us."
Several other Iowans have been sentenced to prison in connection to their involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection.
A federal judge sentenced Douglas Jensen of Des Moines to five years in prison for being a "ringleader" during the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
In May, 56-year-old Deborah Sandoval of Ankeny was sentenced to five months in prison for her participation in the capitol riot.
The Associated Press contributed to this reporting.