Jeffrey Scott Brown

Jeffrey Scott Brown, 56, of Santa Ana, California, was in the Lower West Terrace area of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 when co-defendant Peter Schwartz — who had stolen a canister of pepper spray from a Metropolitan Police duffel bag — handed it to him; as crowds pressed toward the police line, Brown moved to the front and used the pepper spray against officers. He pleaded not guilty and was convicted at a jury trial on Dec. 7, 2022, alongside co-defendants Schwartz and Markus Maly, on charges including assaulting officers with a dangerous weapon. He was sentenced on April 28, 2023 to 54 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release, a $520 special assessment, and $2,000 in restitution.