NEW: Kingsport man sent to federal prison for 7.5 years for role in January 6th riot in Washington, D.C.

A Kingsport, Tennessee man who prosecutors said baited a Capitol Police officer with help then pulled him into a surging mob of protestors during the Jan. 6th election riots has been sent to prison for 7.5 years.

A report from US District Court in Washington, D.C. said the actions of Albuquerque Cosper Head, 43, led to the serious injury of Officer Mike Fanone who was tased, assaulted, and knocked unconscious.

Another suspect who helped Head in his attack, 38-year-old Kyle Young of Redfield, Iowa, received a seven-year sentence.

According to the Mother Jones publication which had a reporter posted at the hearing, Judge Amy Berman Jackson said, “The dark shadow of tyranny, unfortunately, has not gone away. There are people who are still disseminating the lie that the election was stolen. They’re doing it today. And the people who are stoking that anger for their own selfish purposes, they need to think about the havoc they’ve wreaked, the lives they’ve ruined.”

Head was arrested last April and pleaded guilty in May. He was among the thousands that surged on the Capitol plaza shortly after a speech by former President Donald Trump who was challenging the results of the 2020 November election won by President Joe Biden.

A third suspect in that particular attack on Fanone, Thomas F. Sibick, 37, of Buffalo, NY, has pleaded not guilty to assault charges. Justice Department officials reported Fanone’s police badge was found buried in Sibick’s backyard.

The complete report is available by clicking here.

(IMAGE: FBI / Department of Justice / Bristol Broadcasting Co News Archive)