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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 5, 2022

Ronald Sandlin of Millington plead guilty on Friday to charges of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and assaulting and impeding police for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Federal prosecutors say in a plea agreement they intend to seek a penalty range of 63 to 78 months at a Dec. 2 sentencing hearing. Sandlin, who was arrested three weeks after the attack, remains jailed. Court records filed in connection with the plea show that Sandlin conspired with two others to take the Capitol building by force. The trio suited up for the attack with guns, a knife, bear mace, a stun gun, protective gear and gas masks and captured their crimes on video. Prosecutors also presented evidence that Sandlin smoked marijuana inside the Capitol, stole a book from a Senate office and made plans to sell footage of the attack, Tennessee Lookout reports.