Man who stormed Capitol gets six years in prison

A Silver Spring man who stormed the U.S. Capitol with a loaded handgun last year was sentenced Thursday to nearly six years in prison.

Carlos A. Greene, 21, admitted in federal court earlier this year to charges of possession of more than 5 grams of cocaine, felony possession of a firearm and assaultinga police officer. Authorities said Greene crashed a vehicle through a police checkpoint, entered the Capitol through an unguarded entrance and raced down four flights of stairs before he was tackled by a gift shop employee. – Scott McCabe