Florida man Steven Miles pushed police and drove a wooden plank through a window of the Senate wing door, prosecutors say. (Images from court documents)
A gay adult film actor and member of the Proud Boys is going to prison for breaching the U.S. Capitol perimeter and confronting officers while wearing his desert-camouflaged jacket and jungle camouflage pants during the riots on Jan. 6, 2021.
Federal authorities say he played a leading role in escalating the riots that fateful day.
Steven Miles, 40, whose film persona is “Sgt. Miles,” was sentenced to 24 months in prison and 12 months of supervised release and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution, officials said in a news release. Miles pleaded guilty in October to a felony charge of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain law enforcement officers.
According to court documents, Miles traveled from his home near Tampa to Washington, D.C. to contest the 2020 presidential election.
He and other members of the Proud Boys left the rally site long before the speeches began, walked to the West Front of the Capitol, and played a leading role in escalating the riot, authorities said. As the Proud Boys marched to the Capitol, they chanted, “USA!” “Where’s Antifa,” and “Whose Capitol? Our Capitol!”
The confrontation between the mob and the police escalated into a fight. Miles shoved and tried to punch an officer to break through the line. When the rioters breached a police line at another point, Miles rushed to take advantage, authorities said.
He was caught on closed-circuit television driving a wooden plank through a window of the Senate wing door to get in, followed by a rush of rioters overwhelming law enforcement.
Inside, Miles turned toward the Senate, where he ran into police officers who directed him outside.
Law&Crime first reported on Miles after his April 12, 2022, arrest in the small city of Zephyrhills. On the day in question, a brown-bearded Miles arrived at the Capitol sporting a red “Make America Great Again” baseball hat, navy gloves, camouflage pants, a backpack, tan boots, and a tan camouflage jacket with a patch bearing his surname on his left sleeve.
In other photos, he wears a black shirt reading “Trump 2020 F— Your Feelings.”
The Advocate reported Miles is among several members of the LGBTQ+ community arrested during the Jan. 6 riots.
