HINDSVILLE, Arkansas — Brennen Machacek, a man from Hindsville in Madison County, has been sentenced to a year of probation for illegally entering the United States Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Machacek faced four charges
- knowingly entering a restricted building without lawful authority to do so
- Disorderly and disruptive conducts
- Violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds
- Parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building
Ahead of his sentencing on Sept. 7, 2023, he pleaded guilty to parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building.
Machacek, who can be seen in footage from the Jan. 6 riots, reportedly turned himself in at the federal courthouse in Fayetteville on Monday, Dec. 19, 2022, after an FBI investigation.
Brennen Machacek allegedly entering the Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021
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