Man gets house arrest for riot

(AP) -- A Colorado man who told a judge that he is "guilty of being an idiot" for twice entering the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot was

sentenced on Friday to 90 days of home detention.

U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell also ordered Glenn Wes Lee Croy to

spend 14 days in a "community correctional facility," which is a less restrictive alternative to a jail or prison term.

Croy said he foolishly "followed the crowd" into the Capitol and now realizes he shouldn't have entered the building.

"I'm not against anything. I love America. I love my children, and I

respect law enforcement," Croy told Howell, who also sentenced him to three years of probation.

Howell told Croy that being a "crowd follower" did not excuse him from breaking the law.

"I do hope that one of the lessons you've learned from this is that you

do have to think for yourself, not accept

what people just tell you is the truth," she said.

In a letter to the judge before his sentencing hearing, Croy said he is "guilty of being an idiot and walking

into that building" and has no excuse for joining the mob that stormed the Capitol.

More than 650 people have been charged with federal crimes in connection with the Capitol siege. Croy is one of over two dozen rioters who have been sentenced so far.

Prosecutors had recommended a sentence of two months imprisonment for Croy. His attorney requested a sentence of one year of probation with community service.

Howell questioned why a short jail term, without a longer term of court

supervision, would be the best way to ensure that Croy "stays on a lawabiding path."

Croy traipsed through the Capitol "as if it was an amusement park" after

seeing police clash with rioters for more than an hour, prosecutors said.