Florida man will get 4 years, 9 months for attacking officer at U.S. Capitol rebellion

WASHINGTON — A Florida man was sentenced Friday to 4 years and 9 months in federal jail for storming the U.S. Capitol through the Jan. 6, 2021, rebellion and attacking a police officer.

Mason Joel Courson, 27, of Tamarac, Florida, was sentenced in District of Columbia federal court docket, in keeping with court docket information. He pleaded responsible in November to assaulting, resisting or impeding a legislation enforcement officer with a harmful weapon. The choose additionally ordered three years of supervised launch and restitution of $2,000.

Courson was arrested in South Florida in December 2021.

According to court docket paperwork, Courson joined with others objecting to Democratic President Joe Biden’s election victory over former Republican President Donald Trump. A mob attacked the Capitol in an try and cease Congress from certifying election outcomes, authorities stated. Five individuals died within the violence.

According to an indictment, Courson participated in an assault of a Metropolitan Police Department officer who was overwhelmed by a gaggle armed with a baton, flagpole and crutch. Earlier that afternoon, Courson participated in “heave-ho” efforts to advance into the Capitol within the space of the Lower West Terrace tunnel main into the constructing, officers stated.