Jan. 6 rioter who stole radio in D.C. officer Fanone attack sentenced to 4 years
A New York man who took part in the violent assault on D.C. police officer Michael Fanone on Jan. 6 was sentenced to over four years in prison/
A New York man who stole a police radio and badge from a Washington, D.C., police officer who was being beaten by a mob during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S Capitol was sentenced to over four years in prison Friday, prosecutors said.
Thomas Sibick, 37, of Buffalo, stole the badge and radio of then-Metropolitan Police Department Officer Michael Fanone, who has been one of several officers attacked that day to testify before Congress.
Sibick was sentenced to 50 months, or four years and two months in prison, and was ordered to pay over $7,500, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington said in a statement. He pleaded guilty in March.
Thomas Sibick with a U.S. Capitol Police Shield on Jan. 6, 2021.Department of JusticeFanone “fought for his life against members of the violent mob” on Jan. 6, 2021, prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum that asked for 71 months in prison. They called the attack on Capitol "an attack on the rule of law.”
“Sibick’s criminal conduct, assaulting a police officer who was in the course of performing his official duties, and stealing his badge and radio — his lifeline in his time of need — is the epitome of disrespect for the law,” the prosecution argued in the sentencing memorandum.
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