Man Who Landed Gyrocopter At U.S. Capitol Gets 4 Months
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The man who landed a gyrocopter at the U.S. Capitol is sentenced to four months in jail.
Florida resident Douglas Hughes was handed down a 120-day sentence on Thursday. Hughes has said his April 15, 2015, flight in the bare-bones aircraft was a way to call attention to the influence of big money in politics.
Hughes pleaded guilty in November to a felony of operating a gyrocopter without a license.
Prosecutors were asking for 10 months in prison, arguing that the former mail carrier from Ruskin, Florida, put countless lives at risk. Hughes' attorneys said he should be allowed to remain out of jail.
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