Two Cousins Found Guilty of Eleven Felony Charges, Including Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Related to Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

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Thomas Harlen Smith, 44, of Mathiston, Mississippi, was found guilty of 11 charges, including nine felony counts and two misdemeanors, following a jury trial before U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton, who scheduled sentencing for August 17, 2023. Smith was convicted of assaulting officers with a dangerous weapon; obstruction of an official proceeding; two counts of civil disorder; two counts of assaulting, impeding, or resisting officers; 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 with a deadly or dangerous weapon; and engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds with a dangerous weapon. He was also convicted of two misdemeanors: disorderly conduct in the Capitol grounds or buildings and an act of physical violence in the Capitol grounds or buildings.

Donnie Duane Wren, 44, of Athens, Alabama, was found guilty of three charges, including two felony counts and one misdemeanor. His sentencing is also set for August 17, 2023, before U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton. Wren was convicted of assaulting, impeding, or resisting officers; civil disorder; and entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds

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u/jaguarthrone May 13 '23

Awesome.....keep the wheels moving.....

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u/[deleted] May 13 '23

Donnie Duane?

oy vey.

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u/Jasminefirefly May 13 '23

I used to know an Okie called Bob Ed. Always with both names.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '23

I can actually see this guy. It does seem like double barrelled names are the thing in that region.

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u/OpheliaRainGalaxy May 14 '23

My cousin was supposed to have a traditional double barrel name, but his mom got snarky and mashed them together while filling out the birth certificate.

At least she managed to spell it decently, so it looks like a real name and not a word jumble.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '23

I've seen names like Peterjohn or JohnPeter.

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u/OpheliaRainGalaxy May 14 '23

Yeah, she did that but squished, so it came out like Petohn or Johter.

I think cousin has a perfectly good name, but he's still a bit sore about it after growing up in an area where most people had traditional names like Billy Bob.

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u/MassiveFajiit May 15 '23

Normalize camel case names

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u/LoveandKindness1983 Ches and Kracken May 13 '23

I love it. Serious time coming to the one with multiple felonies.

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u/jump-blues-5678 May 13 '23

Yep these knuckleheads are gonna be looking at 10 to 20 🤞 and why ? For Donald Trump... think about how insane this would have sounded if you had heard it 20 yrs ago. SMH

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u/OpheliaRainGalaxy May 14 '23

Trump was literally my childhood boogeyman.

I've never found proof or even anybody else who saw it, but at like 3yo I saw a late night infomercial of a bald man showing off his complicated combover that made it look kinda like a full head of hair. He was super proud of how he'd grown his hair long on one side so he could style it over the top. One of the spray cans he used colored his scalp the same color as his hair.

I called him Scary Mirror Man. His smile frightened me and I thought he was gonna show up in the bathroom mirror and get me. Had no idea who he was until the era of TV gameshows.

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u/kakimiller May 15 '23

Oh how yucky. I can absolutely see exactly what you mean. 😢

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u/VisitRomanticPangaea May 13 '23

It’s such a relief to see people being punished for the felonies they committed. All the fanfare has died down, and now they are quietly going to prison. Let’s hope that Felonious Trump does not muster the votes to get into office and pardon these criminals.

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u/orangesfwr May 14 '23

Two less votes 👍

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u/deeeeez_nutzzz May 13 '23

Pretty sure these dumbasses loved "muh feedumb and muh guns" .....all those felonies they can kiss those guns goodbye. LMFAO

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u/OldSkool1978 May 14 '23

Well legally anyways

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u/Mr_Blah1 May 14 '23

And then we can buy those guns at a steep discount, because they've got to get rid of them quickly.

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u/Careless_Wind_7661 May 13 '23

Kissing cousins? People are saying . . .

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u/Eskim0 May 14 '23

Couples that insurrect together STAY erect together 👨‍❤️‍👨👬❤️️🧡💛💚💙💜

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u/Nblearchangel May 13 '23

The wheels of justice move slow but they’re moving

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u/NoBSforGma May 14 '23

Every day when I read one of these, it gives me hope and a little more confidence in the government's ability to prosecute seditionist insurrection. It's taken time - but - they have been CAREFUL to gather all the proper evidence needed and in some cases, taken time to actually find the defendants.

Looking back at the videos of these assholes assaulting the officers and putting all the people in Congress in danger, this is very satisfying.

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u/Phrogme1 May 14 '23

About time they started giving SERIOUS TIME to the insurrectionists. All the “slap on the hand” is no deterrent to keep this shit from happening again. Now put Trump in prison.

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u/TheShartShooter May 14 '23

Two cousins, in a van

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u/livinginfutureworld May 15 '23

Les cousins dangereux

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u/couchesarenicetoo May 15 '23

Good they were found guilty - they need long sentences.

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u/Chippopotanuse May 15 '23

I’ve heard of “kissing” cousins.

But I guess there are also “won’t be kissing anyone for about a decade” cousins.

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u/Remarkable-Jello1976 Jan 25 '24

I'm friends with a relative of both of the MS guys. Flag guy is now claiming he was given such a harsh sentence because he carried the MS flag and the judge was black. They like to do a lot of live streaming events from prison on X complaining about being J6 Hostages.

Two Cousins Found Guilty of Eleven Felony Charges, Including Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Related to Jan. 6 Capitol Breach CONVICTION