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Troy Sargent, 38, Sentenced for Assaulting US Capitol Police

Washington DC – In a shocking turn of events, Troy Sargent, a 38-year-old man from Pittsfield, Massachusetts, has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for assaulting US Capitol Police officers during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

According to court documents, Sargent was part of a crowd of rioters illegally on the Capitol grounds on January 6. At approximately 2:30 p.m., he stepped forward from the crowd and swung his open hand towards a U.S. Capitol Police Officer, making contact with the officer. Immediately afterward, another officer instructed Sargent and others, ‘Do not start attacking people.’ Thirty seconds later, at approximately 2:31 p.m., Sargent again advanced toward the front of the crowd and swung his open hand towards the same officer; this time, he made contact with someone else in the crowd.

In a social media message later, Sargent wrote to another person, ‘I got two hits in on the same rookie cop…’ Sargent was arrested on March 9, 2021, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. In addition to the term of incarceration, he was ordered to complete two years of supervised release and to pay $500 restitution and a $285 special assessment.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the Justice Department’s National Security Division are prosecuting the case, with valuable assistance provided by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts. The FBI’s Boston Field Office investigated the case, with valuable assistance from the FBI’s Washington Field Office, the U.S. Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department.

In the 23 months since January 6, 2021, approximately 900 individuals have been arrested in nearly all 50 states for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol, including over 280 individuals charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement. The investigation remains ongoing.

If you have any information regarding this case, please call 1-800-CALL-FBI (800-225-5324) or visit tips.fbi.gov.

Mandatory Facts: Defendant: Troy Sargent, 38, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts; Exact Criminal Charges: Felony charges of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, civil disorder, and four related misdemeanor offenses; City and State: Washington DC; Exact Date: January 6, 2021; Sentence or Outcome: 14 months in prison, two years of supervised release, $500 restitution, and a $285 special assessment.