Prosecutors Appeal 30-Day Sentence For Rand Paul’s Neighbor In Yard Attack

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2017, file photo, Rene Boucher, center, appears in court for an arraignment hearing with his attorney Matt Baker, left, at the Warren County Justice Center in Bowling Green, Ky. A court filing ... FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2017, file photo, Rene Boucher, center, appears in court for an arraignment hearing with his attorney Matt Baker, left, at the Warren County Justice Center in Bowling Green, Ky. A court filing in the federal case against Boucher, a neighbor who tackled Sen. Rand Paul said the neighbor “lost his temper” over yard debris on the property line between their homes. (Austin Anthony/Daily News via AP, File) MORE LESS
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Federal prosecutors are appealing the 30-day sentence given to the man who tackled U.S. Sen. Rand Paul while the lawmaker was doing yard work at his Kentucky home.

U.S. Special Attorney Bradley Shepard filed the motion to appeal Rene Boucher’s sentence to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Prosecutors sought a 21-month sentence.

Paul, who suffered broken ribs in the attack last November, has said 21 months would have been “the appropriate punishment.”

Boucher pleaded guilty to assaulting a member of Congress and was sentenced last month. Boucher said he was triggered by Paul stacking debris near their property line in Bowling Green and “lost his temper.”

Boucher asked for leniency at his sentencing hearing and said what he did was wrong. Shepard called the attack “vicious and unprovoked.”

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