Crime & Safety

Indiana Woman Sentenced For Storming Capitol On Jan. 6

Anna Morgan-Lloyd, a 49-year-old hair salon owner, is the first person to be sentenced in connection with the violent insurrection.

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Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on Jan. 6 in Washington, DC. A judge on Wednesday handed down the first sentencing for one of more than 500 charged in connection with the riot.
Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on Jan. 6 in Washington, DC. A judge on Wednesday handed down the first sentencing for one of more than 500 charged in connection with the riot. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC — An Indiana woman on Wednesday became the first person to be sentenced for taking part in the Jan. 6 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

A judge on Wednesday sentenced Anna Morgan-Lloyd, 49, to three years' probation and 40 hours of community service. Morgan-Lloyd also was ordered to pay $500 in restitution.

Morgan-Lloyd is one of more than 500 people who have been charged in connection with the riot, which took place when a group of Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election.

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"Probation comes once in a lifetime," the judge told Morgan-Lloyd in court. "This is your once."

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