Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH, PA — An Oakdale man will spend 51 months in prison for his role in the January 2021 U.S. Capitol riot.

Jorden Robert Mink, 29, also was sentenced Monday to 36 months of supervised release and must pay $2,000 in restitution, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

In January, Mink pleaded guilty to the charge of assaulting, impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon, theft of government property and aiding and abetting.

According to court documents, on January 6, 2021, Mink used a baseball bat to shatter a window in the Capitol Building, entered the building through that broken window, and started removing property including chairs. He handed the property to individuals in the crowd on the exterior of the building. Other individuals were seen handing out property such as a lamp and drawers through the same window after it was shattered by Mink.

Mink was also seen striking an adjacent window repeatedly with a baseball bat, in an apparent attempt to shatter it.

In video surveillance, Mink was seen spitting at officers guarding one of the doors and then throwing several objects at them – including a traffic cone, a large rectangular-shaped object (possibly a step or drawer), and a stick. Mink then repeatedly struck at the officers with a long pole.