A 47-year-old man from Kentucky has been sentenced to 53 months in prison and ordered to pay $2,000 for unlawfully entering the Capitol building and disruptive conduct.

The first rioter to breach the US Capitol in January 2021 has been sentenced to 53 months in prison, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Michael Sparks, 47, was “the very first rioter to enter the US Capitol building on January 6, 2021,” according to evidence presented during the trial, prosecutors said in a press release.

US District Judge Timothy Kelly sentenced Sparks to 53 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release and ordered him to pay $2,000 (€1,789) on a felony offense of civil disorder and misdemeanor offenses, including entering a restricted building and disruptive conduct in a restricted building, the press release continued.

Video surveillance from inside the Capitol building “showed Sparks entering through the window and jumping down to the floor. Despite others’ screams of ‘don’t go in,’ Sparks climbed through a window next to the Senate Wing Door that had been broken by rioters with a police shield,” prosecutors said.