CT man sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for assaulting police during Jan. 6 riot at U.S. Capitol

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CT man sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for assaulting police during Jan. 6 riot at U.S. Capitol

A Connecticut man was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in federal prison on Friday for assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. in 2021. Richard Markey, 38, of Wolcott was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta to 30 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. Markey previously ple…