Anthony James Kazmierczak was sentenced on September 17, 2026, to 14 months in prison for spraying apple cider vinegar on U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar during a January 2026 Minneapolis town hall meeting. He pleaded guilty, admitting he attacked Omar because he disagreed with her progressive political views.
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The man who sprayed vinegar at Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar during a Minneapolis town hall meeting as the city endured a surge of immigration agents and the deaths of two U.S. citizens is expected to be sentenced after reaching a deal with prosecutors.
The man who sprayed apple cider vinegar on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) in January was sentenced Thursday to 14 months in prison after reaching a plea deal with prosecutors. Anthony Kazmierczak, 55, received the maximum sentence for his federal charges of assaulting a U.S. officer. He was also sentenced to three years of supervised release...
Anthony Kazmierczak agreed plea deal over January town-hall attack that came amid Minneapolis ICE crackdown The man who sprayed vinegar at Democratic US House member Ilhan Omar during a Minneapolis town hall was sentenced Thursday to 14 months in prison after reaching a deal with prosecutors. The sentencing of 56-year-old Anthony Kazmierczak came nearly eight months after the 27 January assault. A
Anthony Kazmierczak, 56, was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Minneapolis to 14 months in prison after pleading guilty to assaulting Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar during a Jan. 27 town hall. He also received three years of supervised release, including a condition barring contact with Omar [pbs.org#1][nypost.com#1][nytimes.com#1][theguardian.com#1]. Kazmierczak rose from the audience, approache
The man who sprayed vinegar at Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar during a Minneapolis town hall was sentenced Thursday to 14 months in prison after reaching a deal with prosecutors.
The man who sprayed vinegar at the Democratic US House member Ilhan Omar during a Minneapolis town hall was sentenced Thursday to 14 months in prison after reaching a deal with prosecutors. https://www. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/s ep/17/man-sentenced-ilhan-omar-vinegar-minneapolis # Minneapolis # PoliticalViolence # VinegarSpray
NEW YORK, Sept 17 - A Minnesota man who squirted vinegar on Democratic U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar was sentenced to one year and two months in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to assaulting a federal official.
An orchestrated political attack with a syringe full of vinegar ends in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Joan N. Ericksen sentences Anthony Kazmierczak to 14 months behind bars for his premeditated January assault on Rep. Ilhan Omar during a tense Minneapolis town hall. The man who sprayed vinegar at Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar during a Minneapolis town hall was sentenced Thursday to 14 mon