{"id":5407,"date":"2022-08-16T19:03:17","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T19:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/08\/16\/veteran-who-testified-against-friend-avoids-prison-for-jan-6\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:05:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:05:29","slug":"veteran-who-testified-against-friend-avoids-prison-for-jan-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/veterans\/2022\/08\/16\/veteran-who-testified-against-friend-avoids-prison-for-jan-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran who testified against friend avoids prison for Jan. 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A former Virginia police officer who testified against a friend and former supervisor he joined at the Capitol in the Jan. 6 insurrection<\/a> avoided prison time on Tuesday for his role in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former Rocky Mount Police Officer Jacob Fracker pleaded guilty to conspiring with his fellow officer to obstruct Congress from certifying Joe Biden\u2019s 2020 election victory over then-President Donald Trump and was sentenced to one year of probation, with 59 days in home confinement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prosecutors did not seek prison time<\/a> for Fracker, pointing to his substantial cooperation and trial testimony against former Rocky Mount Police Sgt. Thomas Robertson<\/a>. Fracker\u2019s cooperation came at \u201cgreat personal cost,\u201d prosecutors said, noting that Robertson was not only Fracker\u2019s colleague but also a father figure he sometimes referred to as \u201cdad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t