Nathan Donald Pelham fired shots during a welfare check at his home after his daughter was placed into a patrol car, according to law enforcement.
A Texas man accused of taking part in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol and firing shots during a welfare check days before he was scheduled to appear in court, has been sentenced to two years in prison.
Nathan Donald Pelham, of Greenville, Texas, entered the guilty plea in the U.S. District Court in Dallas on Nov. 29.
Court records show Mr. Pelham pleaded guilty to a federal felony charge of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.
U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade of the Northern District of Texas imposed the sentence.
According to prosecutors, Mr. Pelham was informed by an FBI agent on April 12, 2023, that he had been charged by federal prosecutors in Washington with multiple misdemeanor counts stemming from his alleged participation in the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol building.Mr. Pelham was charged (pdf) by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia with four misdemeanor counts including entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds,