Rodney Kenneth Milstreed

Rodney Kenneth Milstreed, 56, of Finksburg, Maryland, began injecting steroids in the weeks before Jan. 6, 2021, telling associates someone needed to "hang for treason" and that the day might come down to hand-to-hand combat, then armed himself with a four-foot wooden club disguised as a flagpole and attacked an Associated Press photographer and police officers at the Capitol during the riot, hurling the club at a line of officers and giving Capitol Police Officer Devan Gowdy a concussion. He pleaded guilty on 4/14/2023 to three counts, assaulting officers using a dangerous weapon, assault by striking, beating, or wounding, and receipt and possession of an unregistered firearm, with other charges dismissed. He was sentenced on 9/22/2023 to 60 months of incarceration, 24 months of supervised release, a $225 special assessment, and $2,000 in restitution.