Former Pa. school board member gets 60 days in jail for 10 minutes in U.S. Capitol during Jan. 6 riot

The sentence from a federal judge was more than four times longer than a federal prosecutor sought for a former school board member from Scranton who spent 10 minutes inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

But former Old Forge School Director Frank Scavo, 59, says he accepts the punishment for his crime, as the Citizens Voice reports:

“I accept my punishment and sentence,” he told reporters following the sentencing on Monday.

During the court proceeding, Scavo told the judge he feels a “deep sense of regret” for “the crime that I committed.” Politically active for 30 years, he expected Jan. 6 would amount to just another rally like the many he’s attended.

“It was not,” he said.

Background from the Citizens Voice:

Scavo pleaded guilty in September to a misdemeanor count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in the Capitol in exchange for prosecutors dropping three other counts. He faced up to six months in prison, but federal prosecutor Seth Adam Meinero asked for only a 14-day prison sentence and the $500 in restitution.

Scavo’s own lawyer had sought probation in the case.

All this, as evidence showed Scavo was inside the Capitol from about 2:40 p.m. to 2:50 p.m. amid the Jan. 6 rioting.

The judge had other ideas.

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Washington, D.C., Senior U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth imposed the 60-day prison time and added a $5,000 fine, $500 in restitution for damage to the Capitol and a $10 special assessment.

But Lamberth did allow Scavo to remain a free man for the holidays, but said he will set a date for reporting to prison after Jan. 1. Scavo’s lawyers asked for the delay so Scavo could continue treatment for an undisclosed medical condition and to “get his affairs in order.”

The judge rejected a plea for home confinement.