Nearly 6 Years in Prison for Former Sheriff’s Deputy Who Aided Rosanne Boyland on Jan. 6

Ronald Colton McAbee, the former Tennessee sheriff’s deputy who tried to rescue a dying Rosanne Boyland at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on Feb. 29 to nearly six years in federal prison for his conviction on seven criminal counts. U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras sentenced Mr. McAbee to 70 months in prison, less than half of the more than 12.5 years sought by prosecutors from the U.S. Department of Justice. He will receive credit for the nearly 31 months he has spent behind bars in pretrial detention. Mr. McAbee, 30, of Unionville, Tennessee, was also ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution to the Architect of the Capitol, a $610 special assessment, and more than $32,000 in medical bills of a Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officer injured outside of the Lower West Terrace tunnel on Jan. 6. The prison term will be followed by 36 months of supervised release....