Sheriff’s Deputy Who Aided Rosanne Boyland on Jan. 6 Faces Up to 14 Years in Prison

‘I don’t even know the words to be honest with you about how insane this is,’ Sarah McAbee said of the proposed sentence for her husband, Ronald Colton McAbee.

Ronald Colton McAbee, shown with wife Sarah, faces up to 14 years in prison at his Feb. 29, 2024, sentencing. Courtesy of Sarah McAbee

Sarah McAbee said she wasn’t shocked that federal prosecutors used sentencing “enhancements” to develop a recommendation that her Jan. 6 defendant husband be sent to prison for 14 years for the roughly seven minutes he spent outside the tunnel entrance at the U.S. Capitol.

“I don’t even know the words to be honest with you about how insane this is,” Ms. McAbee said about the ongoing case against former sheriff’s deputy Ronald Colton McAbee, 30, of Unionville, Tennessee. “You know, there’s just no words when you sit back and think about it as a whole.”