Kansas ‘Proud Boy’ sentenced to over 4 years in Jan. 6 attack
A member of the Proud Boys who egged on the mob that attacked the U.S.
A member of the Proud Boys who egged on the mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and bragged that they “had the cops running” was sentenced to over four years in prison Friday, prosecutors said.
William Chrestman, 51, of Olathe, Kansas, was sentenced to four years and seven months in prison, the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, D.C., said in a statement.
He pleaded guilty in October to obstruction of an official proceeding and threatening a federal officer.
William Chrestman in a tunnel underneath the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.Justice Department via AP fileChrestman was a member of the Proud Boys’ Kansas City, Missouri, chapter, and during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol he encouraged a crowd entering the building by shouting, “Go! Go! Go!” the U.S. attorney’s office said in a statement.
Chrestman later bragged that “we had the cops running” and that as officials tried to shut security doors “we were throwing ... chairs under there to block it dude,” prosecutors said.
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