tackling the officer to the ground and trying to rip off his gas mask was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Thursday. Thomas Webster was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta to the ...

A federal judge has sentenced former New York Police Department officer Thomas Webster ... As Rathbun backed away, Webster tackled him and then pulled at the officer's gas mask.

Thomas Webster was sentenced ... hard enough to break the pole. Webster then tackled Rathbun and tried to tear off his helmet and gas mask, which choked Rathbun with the helmet's chinstrap.

A former New York City police officer and Marine Corps veteran, who swung a flagpole at police before tackling one officer and yanking his gas mask off ... 17 years for Thomas Webster, 56, of ...

Webster, a Goshen, NY, resident, then charged at Rathbun, wrestling him to the ground while pulling at the cop’s gas mask. Thomas Webster was convicted on six counts, including attacking a ...

During trial, the Justice Department accused Webster of tackling Washington, D.C., police officer Noah Rathbun to the ground, pushing against his gas mask and pinning him, attacks that were ...

Prosecutors said Thomas Webster, who also served in the Marines, swung a flagpole at police before tackling one officer and yanking his gas mask off during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

Thomas Webster ... The government accused Webster of tackling Rathbun to the ground, pushing against his gas mask, and ultimately pinning the officer to the group, attacks that were captured ...

NEW YORK -- A federal judge has sentenced former New York Police Department officer Thomas Webster ... backed away, Webster tackled him then pulled at the officer's gas mask.