Peter Schwartz 120-AFO #bearsprayman

Legal Documents

Sentence

Sentenced to one hundred seventy (170) months of incarceration, followed by thirty-six (36) months of supervised release. All terms of incarceration and supervised release shall run concurrently. Special assessment imposed on this count in the amount of $100.

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Criminal History

Schwartz has a criminal history of 38 prior convictions going back to 1991, several of which involved assaulting or threatening officers or other authority figures. This astonishingly high number of convictions does not even include
cases that were later dismissed, nolle prosed or for which Schwartz received the benefit of a deferred prosecution

Schwartz’s criminal history is listed in detail in the PSR, ¶¶ 97-158. Of the 38 convictions detailed there, the most notable for purposes of sentencing in the Jan 6 case are as follows:

1994 conviction for Disorderly Conduct in Tazewell County, Illinois in which Schwartz “threw a lit cigarette at a victim and struck her near her eyes, and he caused damage to her apartment door.”
1994 conviction for Battery in Tazewell County, Illinois for “push[ing] Peace Officer Mark Fry without legal justification…”
1995 conviction for Battery/Make Physical Contact in Tazewell County, Illinois where “Schwartz put [a] neighbor in a headlock and punched him until other neighbors broke them up.”
1997 conviction for Battery in Tazewell County, Illinois for throwing his beer on a security officer after an officer told him he had to finish his beer before exiting the area.
2002 conviction for Third Degree Assault, Fourth Degree Possession of a Weapon, and related charges in Bronx County, New York.
2004 conviction for Assault with Deadly Weapon – Serious Injury and Larceny in Pender County, North Carolina.
2015 conviction for Felony in Possession of a Handgun and Terroristic Threatening in Owensboro, Kentucky for possessing a handgun and threatening to kill another individual.
2019 conviction for Terroristic Threats in Owensboro, Kentucky for threatening a police officers who placed him under arrest for domestic assault.
2019 conviction for Third Degree Convicted Felon in Possession of a Firearm and terroristic Threatening, in Owensboro, Kentucky for possessing a handgun and also threatening to kill his girlfriend.
2020 conviction for Domestic Violence in Marysville, Ohio for assaulting his wife, Shelly Stallings, including by biting her on the forehead and punching her multiple times.