Prison Time in Last Year's Rochester Riot

Another defendant in last year's Rochester riot is headed to prison for five months.

Federal prosecutors say 27-year-old Shakell Sanks, of Rochester, helped others set fire to a car belonging to the city's Family Crisis Intervention Team.

Rioters set fire to a fabric and then stuffed it into the gas tank. The car was destroyed.

The riot broke out May 30th last year after a protest at the Public Safety Building prompted by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Co-defendant Mackenzie Drechsler was sentenced this month for setting fire to the same car, and another car.


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