- Logan Barnhart, a Michigan pipelayer and bodybuilder, was sentenced to three years in jail on Friday.
- Web sleuths used facial recognition to uncover his modeling work on romance novel covers.
- A reader evaluate of one of many novels stated the ebook obtained her “sizzling and bothered.”
A Michigan pipelayer who modeled shirtless for the quilt of a number of romance novels, together with one through which a lady lusts after her Navy SEAL stepbrother, was sentenced to 3 years in jail on Thursday for assaulting legislation enforcement officers throughout the January 6 riot.
Logan James Barnhart, 41, grew to become a person of curiosity to federal authorities after he was photographed dragging a police officer down a set of stairs on the Capitol constructing.
In a information launch asserting his sentence, the Justice Division wrote that Barnhart “grabbed the neck of the officer’s ballistic vest” and proceeded to tug the officer “down the steps in a inclined place and into the gang, the place different rioters beat the officer with weapons, together with a flagpole and a baton.” The officer sustained bruising and abrasion, the DOJ stated.
A couple of minutes later, Barnhart then assaulted a line of officers with the bottom of a flagpole.
Web sleuths helped determine Barnhart months earlier than his arrest in August 2021, HuffPost first reported.
A web based group known as Sedition Hunters used facial recognition expertise to search out pictures of Barnhart. In its search, the group found pictures of him on bodybuilding web sites and of his stint modeling for the quilt of a number of grownup romance novels.
—capitolhunters (@capitolhunters) August 17, 2021
One of many books is titled “Stepbrother UnSEALed: A Unhealthy Boy Navy Romance,” which is written by Nicole Snow.
In response to Amazon’s abstract, the ebook facilities on a lady, Delia, who develops a “reckless temptation” for her stepbrother, Chris Cleveland.
“I nearly landed in my stepbrother’s mattress, and I need it to occur once more,” the outline stated. “Chris Cleveland tempts me as a result of he is improper. Swoon-worthy, all-American Navy SEAL. Unhealthy boy. Manwhore.”
Snow didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
The ebook has 4 stars on Amazon. One prime evaluate from a verified purchaser of the ebook wrote that the novel had her “sizzling and bothered.” One other praised Snow for turning the “taboo topic of step siblings” right into a “sizzling story.”
Barnhart pled responsible to assaulting officers with a weapon in September. He was sentenced to three years in jail and three years of supervised launch. Barnhart will even must pay a positive of $3,688 and restitution of $2,000.
Throughout a courtroom look, Barnhart instructed US District Choose Rudolph Contreras that he didn’t acknowledge himself within the footage that exhibits him assaulting an officer, the Related Press reported.
“The best way I used to be performing appears so overseas to me,” Barnhart stated.
