Federal prosecutors are recommending a Connecticut man receive the longest sentence so far associated with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, according to a court memo filed Friday.

Assistant U.S. State's Attorney Kimberly Paschall wrote in the memo that prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of 188 months, or 15 years and 8 months, for Ridgefield resident Patrick McCaughey III. The sentence recommendation is the maximum possible under the "applicable" guidelines, Paschall wrote in the memo.

The sentence, if imposed, would be the longest associated with the Jan. 6 riots, surpassing the 10 years handed down to Thomas Webster, a former New York Police Department officer who brutally assaulted an officer on the front lines of the riot.

Paschall argued in the memo that a "significant sentence" like the one requested is necessary to deter others from acts of "domestic terrorism," which she said "the breach of the Capitol certainly was."

"The violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6 was cultivated to interfere, and did interfere, with one of the most important democratic processes we have: the transfer of power. And it is important to convey to future rioters and would-be mob participants — especially those who intend to improperly influence the democratic process — that their actions will have consequences," Paschall wrote in the memo. "There is possibly no greater factor that this court must consider."

Paschall also asked that the court impose $2,000 in restitution and three years of supervised release on McCaughey.

Attorney Dennis Boyle, who represents McCaughey, is seeking a one-year prison sentence for his client. He wrote in a 25-page memo that McCaughey "knows he was wrong" for participating in what Boyle called "one of the saddest episodes in American history."

"Mr. McCaughey is a good man who has learned from his mistake. He has no prior criminal history and is extremely unlikely to recidivate in this manner again," Boyle wrote in his memo.

McCaughey is scheduled to be sentenced Friday following his conviction on nine charges, including three counts of assaulting police and obstruction of an official proceeding, at a bench trial in September 2022.

Federal prosecutors alleged that during the riot, McCaughey joined a mob attempting to break into the Capitol building through an entrance on the lower west terrace. During the scuffle, Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges became pinned in a door frame by a clear police riot shield that McCaughey was wieding, according to the government's court filings.

A video from the riot posted to YouTube shows Hodges screaming in pain as his gas mask was ripped off, exposing his bloodied mouth.

Hodges testified before the U.S. House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack that he feared being dragged out and "lynched" by the mob.

"My arms were pinned and effectively useless, trapped between either the shield on my left or the door frame on my right with my posture granting me no function strength or freedom of movement, I was effectively defenseless and gradually sustaining injury from the increasing pressure of the mob," Hodges told the Jan. 6 committee.

While pinned, another rioter grabbed his gas mask "and used it to beat my head against the door," Hodges said. He was crushed further as the crowd began a "heave-ho" motion against the line of law enforcement officers trying to hold the entrance to the Capitol, according to Hodges and government court filings. A rioter also stole his baton and used it to beat Hodges, the video shows.

Hodges testified during McCaughey's trial and the judge watched the YouTube video focusing on the officer's injuries.

Attorney Lindy Urso, who also represented McCaughey, has previously called his client's actions on Jan. 6 an "idiotic decision." He also previously indicated McCaughey would likely file an appeal to Friday's decision.