The man wasn’t charged with the theft of the photograph, but he acknowledged in a court filing that he took it and a staffer’s wallet.
Kevin James Lyons, 40, took a wallet from a Pelosi staffer’s coat and a framed photograph of Pelosi with the late Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights movement icon who died in July 2020. Lyons also mockingly called out Pelosi’s name during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
A senior member of Pelosi’s staff told prosecutors that the photo was one of her favorites. It was “of extreme sentimental and nonmonetary value and was, in no uncertain terms, not just another photograph,” prosecutors wrote. Prosecutors had recommended a prison sentence of four years and eight months for Lyons, an HVAC technician who was arrested in Illinois a week after the riot.
Lyons later told FBI agents that he left Pelosi’s office when a police officer entered with a gun drawn and ordered everybody to leave. The FBI searched his home but didn’t find the photo, “meaning that he has either destroyed it, disposed of it, or continues to possess it to this day,” prosecutors wrote.“During the entire course of January 6, Lyons maintained a glib and insolent tone in the face of the destruction, chaos, and violence of the mob,” prosecutors wrote.
More than 1,000 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the Jan. 6 siege. Approximately 100 of them have been convicted after trials decided by a jury or judge, while over 600 others have pleaded guilty. More than 560 riot defendants have been sentenced, with over half receiving terms of imprisonment ranging from three days to 18 years.
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