Capitol rioter who attacked reporter sentenced to 4.5 years in prison

• Woods rammed into a police officer, knocked her off her feet and sent her crashing into a downed bicycle barricade, per the DOJ.
• After seeing a member of the news media attempting to protect himself, Woods "took a running start and hit the man with a blindside shoulder tackle, knocking him to the ground and causing him to drop the camera," the DOJ said.

Catch up quick: Woods was arrested in June 2021.

• He pleaded guilty in September 2022 to assaulting, resisting, or impeding law enforcement officers and striking, beating, or wounding a person – both felonies.

Zoom out: Woods is also facing murder charges in Illinois stemming from a Nov. 8, 2022 crash that left a woman dead, per the Washington Post.

• Woods was driving on the highway in the wrong direction, going up an exit ramp and into oncoming traffic, per police records.

• His blood alcohol content was more than twice the legal limit.
• Woods told a police officer at a traffic stop prior to the crash that he was "done" and was "going to end it" because he was facing years in prison along with potential tax evasion charges.

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