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Former Romance Novel Model Gets 3 Years In Prison For Dragging Cop Down Stairs On Jan 6

Logan Barnhart, a former romance novel cover model and bodybuilder, who pleaded guilty in September to dragging a police officer down the stairs of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, was sentenced to 3 years in prison Thursday.
Logan Barnhart

Logan Barnhart, a former romance novel cover model and bodybuilder, who pleaded guilty in September to dragging a police officer down the stairs of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, was sentenced to 3 years in prison Thursday.

From NBC News:

Logan Barnhart, 42, of Michigan, was identified by online sleuths who used facial recognition to turn up images of him at bodybuilding competitions. He was arrested in August 2021.

“During the course of this attack, Barnhart grabbed an officer’s neck and torso and dragged him in a prone position from the police line, out of the Archway, and down a set of stairs into the violent mob, where the officer was further attacked with weapons, including a flagpole and a baton, and sustained physical injuries,” prosecutors wrote.

“Minutes later,” they continued, “Barnhart returned to the police line in the Archway where other rioters were assaulting the line of officers by slamming riot shields into them, striking them, and throwing objects at them.

“Barnhart joined these rioters in charging against the police line. Barnhart then approached the line of officers wielding a flagpole and used it to strike the officers.”

It seems riots weren’t a new thing for the former romance novel model. As a teenager, Barnhart was prosecuted for rioting in his home state of Michigan.