Kansas City man sentenced to prison after elderly mother brought to Capitol riot
By Sarah Motter
Jul. 10, 2024
A Kansas City man has been sentenced to two years in prison after he brought his elderly mother to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and took part in the riot.
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A Kansas City man has been sentenced to two years in prison for after he brought his elderly mother to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and took part in the riot.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Matthew Graves says that on Tuesday, July 9, three men, including one from Kansas City, were sentenced to prison for their actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol breach.
Court records said the three pleaded guilty to felony charges connected to the disruption of a joint session of the U.S. Congress which was called to count the electoral votes for the 2021 presidential election.
• Kyle Kumer, 43, of Kansas City, Mo., was sentenced to 10 months in prison with 24 months of supervised release and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution.
• Alan Michael St. Onge, 36, of Brevard, N.C., was sentenced to 18 months in prison with 36 months of supervised release and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution.
• William “Jessie” Stover, 46, of Elizabethtown, Ky., was sentenced to 6 months in prison with 36 months of supervised release and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution.
Court documents noted that around 2:45 p.m. on Jan. 6, 2021, various members of a mob illegally assembled in front of the Capitol and attacked members of the Capitol Police and Metropolitan Police Department.
Records indicated that the Lower West Terrace, known as the Tunnel, was the site of some of the most violent attacks on police. Over the course of more than two hours, items were thrown, chemical irritants were sprayed and items were stolen from police. The three were members of the mob which relentlessly pushed against officers in the Tunnel in an attempt to breach a line defending the entrance to the Capitol.
Court records said Kumer took his elderly mother to the Tunnel and onto the Inaugural Stage around 2:10 p.m., by 3:10, the crowd began to push in unison against the police. Kumer turned so his back was pushing against rioters between him and the line and began to push. As he pushed he called out encouragement to the other rioters.
Documents noted that this went on until a Metropolitan Police Department Officer was crushed between the crowd and a door. Over the next five minutes, other rioters began to leave, however, Kumer and his mother stayed until police successfully pushed rioters back to the Tunnel’s entrance. The pair were two of the last to be cleared from the scene.
Graves said Kumer was arrested on June 21, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo.
According to court records, St. Onge arrived in the East Plaza. He pushed against the police barricade and officers. After the line fell, he made his way to the West Front of the Capitol and up the Inaugural stage before he arrived at the Lower West Terrace Tunnel around 2:55 p.m. where he joined in the push against police.
Surveillance footage caught images of St. Onge as he pushed against other rioters in an attempt to breach the line. Just before 3:20 p.m., the rioters were all expelled. He was arrested on June 16, 2023, in Brevard, N.C.
Lastly, Graves said Stover arrived at the Tunnel around 2:50 p.m. and joined the melee. However, after the rioters were expelled, he returned and attempted to leverage his weight against the side of the Tunnel entrance. He reached over the heads of the other rioters and hit the helmet of a police officer.
Moments later, court records indicated that Stover took a Capitol Police riot shield which he handed to another rioter who climbed up behind him. The rioters took the shield and used it to attack police. Stover remained at the entrance as rioters fought for more than an hour before they were pushed away with chemical irritants.
Graves noted that Stover was arrested on July 10, 2023, in Elizabethtown, Ky.
In the 42 months since the events unfolded, Graves said more than 1,470 individuals have been charged in nearly all 50 states for crimes related to the Capitol breach, including more than 530 who were charged with assault or impeding law enforcement, a felony. The investigation remains ongoing.
Alan Michael St. Onge of Brevard, N.C.; Kyle Kumer of Kansas City, Mo.; and William Stover of Elizabethtown, Ky., are shown in these photos taken at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, and provided by the U.S. Justice Department. According to District of Columbia federal court filings, all three men pleaded guilty to obstructing officers during a civil disorder, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
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