Rene Boucher, the man who pleaded guilty to attacking his neighbor Sen. Rand Paul, has been sentenced to 30 days along with a year of supervised release, according to a case manager with Kentucky Western District federal court.
Boucher pleaded guilty in March to one felony charge of assaulting a member of Congress resulting in personal injury. The attack last fall, which stemmed in part over a dispute about landscaping, left Paul, a Kentucky Republican, with six broken ribs and bruised lungs.
According to the plea deal, Boucher said he “had enough” after seeing the senator stacking more brush on a brush pile.
In a statement Friday to CNN, Paul said, “No one deserves to be violently assaulted. A felony conviction is appropriate and hopefully will deter the attacker from further violence. The original 21-month sentence requested would have been the appropriate punishment. I commend the FBI and Department of Justice for treating this violent, pre-meditated assault with the seriousness it deserves.”
Boucher also was fined $10,000 plus an additional $100 to cover court costs, the case manager said.
A lawyer who has represented Boucher did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
CNN’s Kristina Sgueglia contributed to this report.
