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Ex-NY Cop Gets Record-Setting Sentence For Assaulting Officer During Jan. 6 Riots Ex-NY Cop Gets Record-Setting Sentence For Assaulting Officer During Jan. 6 Riots
Ex-NY Cop Gets Record-Setting Sentence For Assaulting Officer During Jan. 6 Riots A retired NYPD officer from the Hudson Valley received the longest prison sentence to date among those convicted of taking part in riots at the US Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Orange County resident Thomas Webster, age 56, of the village of Florida, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Thursday, Sept. 1, after a jury convicted him of assaulting a Washington, DC police officer with a deadly weapon. In May 2022, the jury found him guilty of five felonies and one misdemeanor for his actions during the Capitol breach. Earlier Report: Ex-Cop From Orange County Convicte…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Ex-NYPD Cop Convicted Of Assaulting Officer At Jan. 6 Riot Ex-NYPD Cop Convicted Of Assaulting Officer At Jan. 6 Riot
Ex-nypd Cop Convicted Of Assaulting Officer At Jan. 6 Riot A retired NYPD officer from the Hudson Valley has been found guilty by a federal jury of assaulting a law enforcement officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021.  Orange County resident Thomas Webster, 56, of the village of Florida, was found guilty in the District of Columbia on Monday, May 2, of five felonies and one misdemeanor for his actions during the Capitol breach.  Webster, a former US Marine who once served on the protective detail of former New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, claimed self-defense during the tr…

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by Kathy Reakes