r/CapitolConsequences • u/Jordan_WUSA9 Verified Journalist • Aug 11 '22

Ex-police officer who saw himself as pro-Trump 'counter insurgency' sentenced to 87 months in prison in Jan. 6 case Sentenced

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/ex-virginia-police-officer-sentenced-to-7-years-in-prison-in-capitol-riot-case-thomas-robertson-rocky-mount-trump-jacob-fracker/65-4325e02a-5e48-49a5-aad6-a39d3373a312

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u/autopsis Aug 11 '22

Had to use my calculator. 87 / 12 = 7.25 years. I assume he’ll be released early though.

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u/Oldpenguinhunter Aug 11 '22 edited Aug 11 '22

87 mo minus the 12 he already served pre-trial (due to him buying a bunch [30!] of guns after criminal indictment, they jailed his ass- which is still under investigation by the DOJ- add a year if he's found guilty), so 65 mo (possible add a year for the firearms, if convicted). It's Federal, he'll probably serve around 90% of that, so like 58mo or more?

They guy also lied about his military service (Ranger) and has stolen valor (claimed he had a Purple Heart). What a piece of work...

Because of his actions, he'll never be allowed to own a gun again, employment will be neigh impossible, and he won't vote in 2022.

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u/eganvay Aug 11 '22

will the military want to talk with him about his false claims, something like that may change someones discharge status?

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u/Q-burt Aug 11 '22

So, he really was in the military, just faked his rank and accomplishments?

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u/ConstantPi Aug 12 '22

Everything is exaggerated x100. He was kicked out of basic for "lack of motivation," was in the Virginia Nation Guard much later, and was injured as a contractor. Nobody will say how he was injured, so I can assume he threw out his back lifting a beer.

But says he was career military, tons of combat time, a sniper, a Ranger, and received a whole Purple Heart.

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u/Q-burt Aug 12 '22

Wow. Like Frank Burns putting himself in for the purple heart for getting a shell fragment near his eye during a mortar attack. He was peeling a hard boiled egg. What a douchecanoe.