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Jaclyn Diaz

Jan. 6 rioter who used a stun gun on Officer Michael Fanone sentenced to prison

Former Washington Metropolitan Police Department Officer Michael Fanone pictured in Washington, D.C., July 21, 2022. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

The California man who used a stun gun on Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has been sentenced to 12.5 years in prison, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday.

Daniel Joseph "DJ" Rodriguez, 40, of Fontana, Calif., pled guilty to several charges in February. He was officially sentenced to "conspiracy and obstruction of an official proceeding, obstruction of justice, and assaulting a law enforcement officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon," the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia said in a statement.

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