Center County man sentenced to prison for Jan. 6 role in assaulting officers

CENTER COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) – A Spring Mills man was sentenced to prison Thursday for his involvement in the 2021 January 6 uprising in the capital.

Terry Allen, 65, was sentenced to 24 months in prison, followed by 24 months of supervised release and was ordered to pay $1,000 in restitution after being convicted of multiple felonies, including assaulting law enforcement officers with a deadly or dangerous weapon.

According to court documents and evidence shown at trialSecurity cameras captured Allen breaking through barriers. Prosecutors said Allen was later seen in a threatening position at Capital Police and at one point began stabbing at officers with a flagpole, prompting them to report that people were “using the flag as a spear.”

Center County man convicted of assaulting officers during Jan. 6 riot

Moments later, as more police arrived to fend off the rioters, Allen had his wooden flagpole and a metal bar that may have come from a bicycle rack. When officers began deploying pepper spray, Allen turned and threw the metal bar, hitting at least one officer, prosecutors said.

The FBI arrested Allen on July 6, 2023 in Pennsylvania.

Allen was convicted of misdemeanor charges of civil disorder, assaulting, resisting or obstructing certain officers with a deadly or dangerous weapon, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon, and committing physical violence in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon.

In the 46 months since January 6, 2021, more than 1,561 individuals have been charged in nearly all 50 states with crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol, including more than 590 individuals charged with assaulting or obstructing law enforcement, a crime. The investigation is still ongoing.

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It is unknown whether Allen will be pardoned when President-elect Trump takes office, something he is reportedly doing for many of the January 6 suspects once he takes his seat in the Oval Office.

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