71-Year Old Grandmother Convicted for Entering Capitol on Jan. 6

Published on April 5, 2024

Following three days of deliberations, a federal jury late Thursday afternoon convicted a 71-year-old grandmother on four criminal counts for spending 10 minutes inside the U.S. Capitol on the day of the Jan. 6, 2021, breach. Rebecca Lavrenz was captured on video surveillance entering the Capitol building through the East Rotunda doors, walking around the building, and speaking briefly with a police officer before exiting the building. She faces a year in jail and more than $200,000 in fines. Her sentencing is slated for Aug. 12. According to the Department of Justice (DOJ) complaint against her, Ms. Lavrenz volunteered photos of herself at the Capitol on the day of the breach to FBI agents. The complaint says the Falcon, Colorado, resident “admitted traveling to Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021 to attend the ‘Stop the Steal’ rally on the mall and ‘following the crowd to the U.S. Capitol building.'”...

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