Newburgh Tattoo Parlor Owner Sentenced For Seditious Conspiracy

NEWBURGH, NY — The former Newburgh business owner who was convicted of multiple charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, including seditious conspiracy, found out how much time he will spend in prison.

Roberto Minuta, formerly of Newburgh, but now living in Prosper, Texas, was sentenced Thursday to more than four years in prison, CNN reported.

The member of the Oath Keepers was described by prosecutors as one of leader Stewart Rhodes’s “most trusted men.”

Minuta was one of four Oath Keepers found guilty of seditious conspiracy, conspiracy to obstruct and obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to prevent members of Congress from discharging their official duties.

Prosecutors said that the day the Electoral College vote for president and vice president was going to be certified by Congress, Minuta and the other Oath Keepers breached the Capitol grounds and then the building.

They were accused of forcing their way past law enforcement officiers who were trying to guard the Rotunda.

Minuta, who owned a Newburgh tattoo parlor, changed his residence to Texas.

He was known in the Hudson Valley for defying then-Governor Andrew Cuomo's executive order during the spring of 2020 that closed nonessential businesses in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Minuta told Patch at the time that he was taking “a stand against a tyrannical governor who has no respect for lives.”