Ex-Police Chief (and yoga instructor) Hostetter sentenced to 135 months for Jan. 6th

[underpants]

Ex-police chief who spread conspiracy theories sentenced in Jan. 6 case

Alan Hostetter, who was found to have carried a hatchet during the Capitol attack, was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison on Thursday.

https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:eco,dpr_2.0/rockcms/2023-12/231207-Alan-Hostetter-weapons-mjf-1310-4827e5.jpg
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/ex-police-chief-spread-conspiracy-theories-sentenced-jan-6-case-rcna128559

Link to tweet

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[bucolic_frolic]

1. Hatchets??? How totally barbaric.

[underpants]

2. The post on X says

Hostetter reportedly opted not to fly to Washington DC, in order to be able to "load his car with weapons." He loaded multiple hatchets into his car as well as a stun gun and pepper spray

There’s a pic at the NBC link.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Yeah I get it. But hatchets can be used for scalping

I'm thinking he wasn't after woodwork.

[harumph]

10. Hatchets can be used for scalping - but it's not the best tool.

Hatchets are very useful in spliting out door frames to gain entry into closed off areas/offices.
Breaking into filing cabinets, etc.

[Iggo]

3. For those of us who speak normally, that's 11 years and 3 months.

[Hekate]

6. He represented himself -- he had a fool for a client

I hope he serves every day of it

[we can do it]

9. Why is that abnormal?

[JoseBalow]

14. Federal sentences are always expressed in months

But for inmates and families, counted in days

[Chautauquas]

5. He represented himself?

I'd say he had a lousy lawyer.

[brush]

7. Ex-police chief, huh? He's not going to have an easy time in jail...a nice l-o-o-o-o-g sentence.

He must've been a bad boy.

[JoseBalow]

16. The Aryan Brotherhood doesn't protect cops

a "log" sentence is right

[sinkingfeeling]

8. That's one of the longer sentences so far.

[underpants]

11. Yes. Yes it is.

[patphil]

13. Over 11 years.

[struggle4progress]

12. "Yippee! I'm spending years of my adult life in jail for the orange-tinted Florida Man!"

[Historic NY]

15. Eleven and a quarter years in prison....

Just in time for social security

[underpants]

18. Yeah but his highest 3/5 years stops

So…there’s that. He will earn money. 12-40¢ Ann hour.

https://www.bop.gov/inmates/custody_and_care/work_programs.jsp#:~:text=Sentenced%20inmates%20are%20required%20to,hour%20for%20these%20work%20assignments.

[Bev54]

17. He can teach his yoga in prison, keep them all calm n/t

[malaise]

19. Good

Rec

[Midnight Writer]

20. This is the guy who claims that Ashley Babbitt was not actually killed at the Capitol on Jan 6.

Crisis actor, don't you know.

If you don't think about it, it all makes sense.

[IcyPeas]

21. Na ma stay in prison for years

This was one of the Twitter replies.

[AllyCat]

22. Represented himself. Nice job.

Maybe now that he is an ex-police chief, and ex-yoga instructor, and soon-to-be ex-con, he can put out a shingle as an attorney when he gets out of the grey bar hotel.