Sabol was convicted in a stipulated trial in August of obstruction of an official proceeding, robbery and assaulting a police officer with a dangerous weapon – all felonies. In exchange, prosecutors agreed to drop more than a dozen other counts against him.
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras sentenced Sabol to 63 months, or a little more than five years, in prison. He will receive credit for more than three years spent in pretrial detention following his arrest in early 2021 while attempting to flee the country.
These sentences seem, uh, strange. I’m not really very knowledgeable about sentencing in general, but I’m pretty sure I’ve read of a lot of people getting way harsher sentences for much lesser crimes.