Man Sentenced To Halfway House For Role In Pittsburgh Riot

Pittsburgh PA

27 January, 2021

1:07 PM

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PITTSBURGH, PA — A Shaler man was sentenced to six months in a halfway house on Wednesday after pleading guilty to vandalizing a Pittsburgh police car during Downtown riots that occurred following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last year. U.S. District Judge Arthur Schwab also sentenced Brian Bartels, 21, to three years of probation and ordered him to pay $1,000 in restitution. Bartels pleaded guilty in September to one count of obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder. The riot occurred following people peacefully protesting the death of Floyd, a black man, at the hands of white police officers.