A Kansas City man who took his mother to the Capitol on Jan. 6 and participated in a concerted “heave-ho” movement against a police line at one entrance pleaded guilty Wednesday to obstructing officers during a civil disorder, a felony.
Kyle Kumer, 43, entered the guilty plea at a hearing in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Judge Carl J. Nichols set his sentencing for May 17.
The violation carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years’ supervised release.
Kumer is the 28th Missouri resident of the 36 charged to date to plead guilty in connection with the Capitol riot.
He was charged in June with civil disorder, a felony; and three misdemeanors — entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; and impeding passage through the Capitol grounds or buildings. The three misdemeanors were dropped as part of his plea agreement.
A statement of offense Kumer signed as part of the plea agreement said that by at least 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 6, he and his mother were on the West Plaza of the Capitol building. Barricades had been removed and dozens of officers were trying to contain the crowd, it said.