Romance novel cover model who assaulted Capitol cop on Jan 6 is slapped with 3-year prison sentence

A former body builder and model for romance novel covers who partook in the Jan. 6 violence at the U.S. Capitol was sentenced to three years in prison this Thursday, NBC News reported.

Logan Barnhart, 42, of Michigan, was nabbed by law enforcement in August of 2021 after online sleuths used facial recognition to find images of him at bodybuilding competitions. He pleaded guilty in September to assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon.

“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, 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,” they continued. “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.”

The sleuths also found that Barnhart had been on the cover of several romance novels, including “Stepbrother UnSEALed: A Bad Boy Military Romance,” “Lighter,” and “Crash and Burn.”

Read the full report over at NBC News

 

Sky Palma

Before launching DeadState back in 2012, Sky Palma has been blogging about politics, social issues and religion for over a decade. He lives in Los Angeles and also enjoys Brazilian jiu jitsu, chess, music and art.