Man Who Set Supreme Court Police Cars Ablaze Given 10-year Sentence

A man who claimed he had ties to a militia group received a 10-year prison term on May 14 for pouring gasoline over several Supreme Court Police cars and setting them on fire in 2020. U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth ordered the defendant, Cody Michael Tarner, 26, of Hagerstown, Maryland, to serve 10 years in prison, pay restitution of $32,371.42, and serve three years of supervised release after completing his prison term, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. The defendant had no prior criminal convictions. Mr. Tarner, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, was at one point in the criminal proceedings found competent to stand trial. He had previously given notice that he intended to present an insanity defense but entered a guilty plea in court on January 9. The maximum sentence for arson is 20 years in prison. A federal grand jury indicted him in September 2020....