WASHINGTON (WMBF/AP) – The Little River man who threw dangerous objects at police officers during the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is out of prison.
Nicholas Languerand, 26, was released from federal prison earlier this month on Aug. 6, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ online records.
He ultimately served over two years in prison after pleading guilty in January 2022 to assaulting law enforcement with a dangerous weapon.
Languerand will now be under two years of supervised release, per the judge’s sentencing.
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Languerand called himself a patriot, but the judge who sentenced him said the rioters who invaded the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, don’t deserve that description.
“The patriots were the police officers who were defending the Capitol building and our democratic values,” U.S. District Judge John Bates said.
Languerand also told the judge that he was a QAnon follower. The conspiracy theory centers on the baseless belief that former President Donald Trump was waging a secret fight against a Satan-worshipping, child-sacrificing cabal of “deepstate” foes, prominent Democrats and Hollywood elites.
He was arrested on April 15, 2021, in Little River after a tip led them to an Instagram post that showed him at the Capitol grounds at the time of the riots.
Documents from federal investigators provided pictures showing Languerand throwing objects at officers, including an orange traffic barrier and two stick-like objects at officers as they protected the Lower West Terrance entrance of the U.S. Capitol.
Authorities also said Languerand took possession of a police riot shield, hit it against the ground and then held it in front of him as he confronted police.
“It was never meant to be something violent,” said Languerand.
But the assistant U.S. attorney said that Languerand later bragged about his actions on social media.
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