Jan. 6 rioter who assaulted Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick sentenced to more than 6 years in prison

On April 14, 2021, a federal judge sentenced the first person to be convicted of assaulting a Capitol Police officer during the insurrection on January 6, 2021, to more than six years in prison. The man, George Pierre Tanios, of Morgantown, West Virginia, admitted to assaulting Officer Brian Sicknick with a chemical spray during the … Read more