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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPa. teenager goes to jail on Jan. 6 riot charges, despite lawyer praising his 'interest in politics'
A 19-year-old Feasterville, Pa, man will spend 14 days behind bars for his involvement with the attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Prosecutors were seeking a 45-day sentence for Leonard Pearso Ridge, whose lawyers asked U.S. District Judge James Boasberg sentence Ridge only to probation.
Boasberg instead gave Ridge a two-week prison sentence, 100 hours of community service and a $1,000 fine.
Judge Boasberg said it was Ridges age that kept Ridge from serving the full sentence, but his text messages before and after the riots made some jail time appropriate. Ridge was arrested in May 2020 in Lower Southampton after at least three witnesses told federal investigators last January about social media posts Ridge made chronicling his time inside the U.S. Capitol.
Ridge seemed proud of his participation in a message the day after the riots, saying he was part of history. Yeah just stormed the US capital [sic] for the first time in US history and I was a part of it ... Just pray for me that I dont get arrested by the fbi, Ridge wrote.
Defense attorneys described in a motion for leniency prior to sentencing that Ridge displayed an admirable interest in politics by going to Washington that day. During a time when most teenagers and young adults dream only of being influencers on social media platforms for mundane or trifle reasons, there is a great respect for his peaceful political activism.
His interest in politics is a good thing and
should be applauded, the motion states.
https://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2022/01/pa-teenager-goes-to-jail-on-jan-6-riot-charges-despite-lawyer-praising-his-interest-in-politics.html
bucolic_frolic
(43,490 posts)to laugh these Philadelphia shysters out of court!
PSPS
(13,637 posts)llashram
(6,265 posts)about what you willfully Joined Leonard. Off to jail now, scoot see you in 14 days
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Reminds me of the story of a boy who killed his parents
and the attorney asked the judge for leniency
because the boy is (now) an orphan.
Kid Berwyn
(15,060 posts)And that would be lenient, considering the historic sentence for treason.
onecaliberal
(32,996 posts)Russia seems a better fit for him.
Torchlight
(3,444 posts)(*one of the first American serial killers who murdered 27+ victims)
inthewind21
(4,616 posts)Late 1890's's. World Fair hotel. Creepiest building and case ever!
JustAnotherGen
(32,034 posts)And got a death sentence.
This kid is a punk and because this is so lenient - will do it again.
inthewind21
(4,616 posts)You're a teenager with a keen interest in politics. Be black, your a thug man.
TheRealNorth
(9,500 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,955 posts)his new "interest" may be in prison reform. We'll see if it was indeed a 'learning experience.'
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)our client, Hannibal Lecter, has an idea for a Food Network show."
GoodRaisin
(8,933 posts)his resume.
lpbk2713
(42,774 posts)It is 180° out.
TheRealNorth
(9,500 posts)He is 19, so he is an adult, not a teen. So the headline is misleading.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)"He is 19 ..."
Nine-teen
TheRealNorth
(9,500 posts)And this is about criminal charges.
He'll, this was a black person under 18, they would not even use the word teen. They would be called a "juvenile".
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Whatever
Not going to quibble
Mr.Bill
(24,368 posts)they would praise his interest in the banking business.