Massachusetts Man Sentenced to Prison After Bragging About Getting ‘Two Hits in on the Same Rookie Cop’ Following Jan. 6 Attack – By Marisa Sarnoff (Law and Crime) / Dec 12, 2022
A Massachusetts man who admitted to assaulting a police officer during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to more than a year behind bars.
Troy Sargent, 38, was part of a crowd of rioters facing off against police on Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, when Donald Trump supporters overwhelmed law enforcement and stormed the building as Congress was certifying Joe Biden’s win in the 2020 presidential election. The breach forced Congress to halt the proceeding as lawmakers and staff either evacuated or sheltered in place for hours.
According to the Justice Department, Sargent stepped forward from that crowd at around 2:30 p.m. that day, some 15 minutes after the initial breach into the building had already occurred.
“[H]e stepped forward from the crowd and swung his open hand towards a U.S. Capitol Police Officer, making contact with the officer,” the DOJ said in a press release Monday. “Immediately afterward, another officer instructed Sargent and others, ‘Do not start attacking people.’”
