MA Man Gets Prison For Hitting Cop At Jan. 6 Capitol Riot

MASSACHUSETTS — A Massachusetts man who hit a police officer during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot will spend more than a year in federal prison, according to federal prosecutors.

Troy Sargent, 38, of Pittsfield, was sentenced Monday to 14 months in prison. Prosecutors say Sargent hit a U.S. Capitol Police Officer twice during the insurrection. Sargent later bragged on social media about the assault.

"I got two hits in on the same rookie cop," he posted, prosecutors said.

Sargent was initially charged in March 2021 with assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers, civil disorder and four misdemeanors. He pleaded guilty to those charges in June.

Sargent is one of eight Massachusetts residents charged in connection to the Jan. 6 riot, including: Malden resident Mark Sahady; former Natick Town Meeting member Sue Ianni; Vincent Gillespie of Athol; Brian McCreary of North Adams; Kevin Allen Chase of Seekonk; Noah Bacon of Somerville; and David Lester Ross of Pittsfield.

Ianni was sentenced two weeks ago to a short prison term. Gillespie, Sahady and Bacon are set to go on trial in 2023. McCreary was sentenced in April to three years probation and 42 days of intermittent incarceration.