A former police officer convicted of participating in the January 6th Capitol riot has been sentenced to 14 months in prison.
A former police officer who stormed the U.S. Capitol with fellow members of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Wednesday to 14 months in prison for joining the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by a mob of Donald Trump supporters, court records show. Nathaniel Tuck and other Proud Boys , including his father, were among the first wave of rioters who entered Capitol grounds after the mob broke through police lines, according to prosecutors.
Tuck, 32, of Apopka, Florida, pushed past police officers to enter the Capitol and berated officers who were trying to hold off the crowd. He later posed with other Proud Boys members for a celebratory photograph outside the Capitol. 'Nathaniel Tuck prepared for and took these actions as part of a hand-selected group of Proud Boys members that openly discussed its plans for violence at the Capitol and intention to confront police who might try to stand in their way,' prosecutors wrote in a court filing. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly allowed Tuck to remain free until he must report to prison and begin serving his 14-month sentence. The judge also ordered him to pay a $2,000 fine and $2,000 in restitution, court records show. More than 1,500 people have been charged with Capitol riot-related crimes. Dozens of them were leaders, members and associates of the Proud Boys. The president-elect has repeatedly vowed to pardon Capitol rioters once he returns the White House later this month. But he hasn't specified whether pardons would extend to rioters convicted of engaging in violence or destructio
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