A man convicted of injuring an officer with a homemade explosive at a 2023 campus protest over transgender rights at the University of Pittsburgh has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Brian DiPippa, 37, agreed to the sentence handed down on Monday as part of a plea agreement that also calls for his wife, Krystal Martinez-DiPippa, 42, to serve three years of probation.

Federal prosecutors said DiPippa ignited and dropped two homemade smoke bombs near people waiting to attend the event, and later threw one at officers trying to keep protesters out of the building.

Pittsburgh Couple Sentenced Over Protest That Injured an Officer With a Smoke Bomb PITTSBURGH (AP) — A man convicted of injuring an officer with a homemade explosive at a 2023 campus protest ...