Albuquerque Head, the man who pulled former Officer Michael Fanone into the crowd of violent rioters on January 6, was sentenced to 90 months.
The man who pulled former Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police officer Michael Fanone into the crowd of violent rioters on January 6, 2021, yelling "I got one!" was sentenced Thursday to 90 months behind bars.
"These were some of the darkest acts on one of darkest days," district Judge Amy Berman Jackson said before handing down the sentence Thursday. During the hearing, prosecutors played video from Fanone's body-worn camera on January 6, which showed Head initially tell Fanone, "I'm going to get you out of here."Fanone testified during the sentencing that at first he believed Head was trying to help him,Fanone testified he felt Head "choke me and drag me out into the vicious crowd," holding onto Fanone as another rioter tased him.