Lakeland Woman Sentenced For Actions During Breach Of U.S. Capitol

LAKELAND, FL — A Lakeland woman is headed to federal prison after pleading guilty to participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach on the U.S. Capitol.

According to the Department of Justice, the actions of Corinne Montoni, 33, and others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to count the electoral votes for the 2020 presidential election.

For Montoni's part, U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth sentenced her to 30 days in prison, 24 months of supervised release and ordered her to pay $2,000 in restitution.

Montoni pleaded guilty to a felony charge of civil disorder on June 26 in Washington, D.C.

According to court documents, on Jan. 6, 2021, Montoni illegally entered the Capitol through a broken door next to the Senate Wing door on the west side of the building. After entering, she proceeded through the building, making her way to the Capitol Crypt. While inside, Montoni took several videos with her cell phone, including one video posted to her Instagram account in which she stated, “We’re in the Capitol cuz this is our house – we paid for this, and they’re trying to steal it from us. Let’s go!”

While inside a hall of the Capitol, Montoni was in the midst of a crowd surrounded by other rioters, said court documents. Montoni and others began to push against officers. In another video recording, Montoni can be seen yelling, “Push back! Push back!” in support of the crowd of rioters.

Related:

• Lakeland Man Gets Prison Time For Charging Police In Jan. 6 Riot
• Tampa Man 1st To Be Sentenced Following Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol Siege
• Holiday Man Arrested After Accused Of Taking Part In Capitol Breach
  
• FL Singer, Vocal Teacher Who Promoted Capitol Riot Sent To Prison
• Florida Leads Nation In Number Arrested In U.S. Capitol Siege
• Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol Riot: 76 Floridians Charged In Breach So Far
• Tampa Man 1st To Be Sentenced Following Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol Siege
• Largo Man Accused Of Assaulting Capitol Police With Extinguisher
• Tampa Man Arrested After Taking Selfie During Capitol Siege: FBI
• Proud Boys Associate From Seminole Accused In U.S. Capitol Siege
• Messianic Rabbi From Palm Harbor Took Part In Capitol Seige: FBI
• Largo Man Admits To Assaulting Police During Capitol Siege
• Ex-Green Beret, Congressional Candidate Jailed In Capitol Siege

Court documents say Montoni remained in the Capitol for approximately 10 minutes before leaving. She re-entered the building at least one time despite being aware that police were attempting to remove people from the building, according to the FBI

Investigators said Montoni posted on social media throughout the day about Jan 6 experience at the Capitol. On her Parler account, she stated, in part, “WE BREACHED THE CAPITOL OMG," “Insurrection is coming. Hold the line. Stay vigilant;" “Storming the Capitol to take back our country from traitors! This is OUR HOUSEEEE!:"and “Here’s a pretty little view from inside the Capitol at our traitor DC police, with a smashed window.”

On her Facebook account, she stated, in part, “We are DONE with these traitors. Today, we showed them how done we are. The Capitol building belongs to Us, we the people. This is our house. . . We broke a few windows, sure, but we are a peaceful protest occupying the people’s property.”

Montoni was arrested on March 9, 2021, in Lakeland.

This case was investigated by the FBI’s Tampa and Washington field offices, as well as the Metropolitan Police Department, with assistance provided by the U.S. Capitol Police.

In the 32 months since Jan. 6, 2021, more than 1,100 people have been charged in nearly all 50 states for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol, including more than 398 people charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement.