72-Year-Old Jan. 6 Defendant Sentenced to 46 Months for Assaulting Police

Police and protesters outside the U.S. Capitol's Rotunda in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

A 72-year-old Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to 46 months—or three years and 10 months—in federal prison for assaulting a police officer during protests at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

The man, Howard C. Richardson, of King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in Washington on Aug. 26.