When cops told Matthews man to leave Capitol, he refused and called them Nazis, feds say
Earl Glosser of Matthews found himself outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Prosecutors say the 42-year-old did not take part in the violence. He just wouldn’t leave.
On Thursday, Glosser was convicted of the misdemeanor charge of unlawful entry onto public property.
Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz of Washington, D.C., did not hand out jail time. But he did order Glosser to pay a $500 fine and perform 100 hours of community service.
Glosser was also ordered to stay out of Washington unless he has to be in court.
The Mecklenburg County resident becomes at least the 24th North Carolinian criminally tied to the riot, in which thousands of supporters of defeated President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol to stop congressional certification of Trump’s loss to Joe Biden.
The array of charges the N.C. defendants face runs the gamut from misdemeanors like trespassing to the historically rare and serious offense of seditious conspiracy. Most of the felony cases still await trial or sentencing.
Glosser’s crime is on the low end of the scale. Unlike all the other N.C. defendants, Glosser was arrested on a D.C. criminal charge, not a federal one. He was tried in District of Columbia Superior Court.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, Glosser was among “an enormous mob” energized by Trump’s baseless claims of a stolen election that gathered on the grounds of the west side of the Capitol.
On the afternoon of Jan. 6, police gave the protesters multiple orders to disperse so Congress could safely reconvene and certify Biden’s rightful victory.
Glosser, who apparently did not enter the Capitol, was among those who refused to leave the grounds. Instead, he hurled insults at police, calling them “Nazis.”
Almost 900 people have been arrested in connection with the violence, which is tied to the loss of five lives, left 140 police officers injured and resulted in almost $2.75 million in damages.
Glosser becomes one of about 20 Jan. 6 defendants convicted at trial. He is also among at least nine Charlotte-area residents charged or convicted for their roles in the violence, including:
▪ Brad Bennett of Huntersville.
▪ Grayson Sherrill of Cherryville.
▪ Elias Irizarry and Elliott Bishai, both of York County, S.C.
▪ Jeremy Bertino of Belmont.
▪ Tara Stottlemyer and D.J. Shavley, both of Conover.
