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Steven Anthony Perez, center, addresses the judge during a sentencing hearing for Perez and Jamhal Tavon Sanders Latimer at Middlesex Superior Court, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Woburn, Mass. The two men were sentenced Tuesday for their role in a 2021 armed standoff that shutdown traffic on a busy highway in Massachusetts for more than eight hours. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Steven Anthony Perez, center, addresses the judge during a sentencing hearing for Perez and Jamhal Tavon Sanders Latimer at Middlesex Superior Court, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Woburn, Mass. The two men were sentenced Tuesday for their role in a 2021 armed standoff that shutdown traffic on a busy highway in Massachusetts for more than eight hours. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Jamhal Tavon Sanders Latimer addresses the judge during a sentencing hearing for Latimer and Steven Anthony Perez, at Middlesex Superior Court, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Woburn, Mass. The two men were sentenced Tuesday for their role in a 2021 armed standoff that shutdown traffic on a busy highway in Massachusetts for more than eight hours. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Jamhal Tavon Sanders Latimer addresses the judge during a sentencing hearing for Latimer and Steven Anthony Perez, at Middlesex Superior Court, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Woburn, Mass. The two men were sentenced Tuesday for their role in a 2021 armed standoff that shutdown traffic on a busy highway in Massachusetts for more than eight hours. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Relatives and friends bid farewell as Jamhal Tavon Sanders Latimer and Steven Anthony Perez are led from the courtroom following their sentencing hearing at Middlesex Superior Court, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Woburn, Mass. The two men were sentenced Tuesday for their role in a 2021 armed standoff that shutdown traffic on a busy highway in Massachusetts for more than eight hours. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Relatives and friends bid farewell as Jamhal Tavon Sanders Latimer and Steven Anthony Perez are led from the courtroom following their sentencing hearing at Middlesex Superior Court, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Woburn, Mass. The two men were sentenced Tuesday for their role in a 2021 armed standoff that shutdown traffic on a busy highway in Massachusetts for more than eight hours. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Steven Anthony Perez, center, listens during his sentencing hearing while standing near defense attorney Josina Raisler-Cohn, left, at Middlesex Superior Court, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Woburn, Mass. Perez and Jamhal Tavon Sanders Latimer, not shown, were sentenced Tuesday for their role in a 2021 armed standoff that shut down traffic on a busy highway in Massachusetts for more than eight hours. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Steven Anthony Perez, center, listens during his sentencing hearing while standing near defense attorney Josina Raisler-Cohn, left, at Middlesex Superior Court, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Woburn, Mass. Perez and Jamhal Tavon Sanders Latimer, not shown, were sentenced Tuesday for their role in a 2021 armed standoff that shut down traffic on a busy highway in Massachusetts for more than eight hours. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Jamhal Tavon Sanders Latimer, center, reads an allocution to the judge while standing near defense attorney Daniel Thompson, left, during a sentencing hearing for Latimer and Steven Anthony Perez, below right, at Middlesex Superior Court, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Woburn, Mass. The two men were sentenced Tuesday for their role in a 2021 armed standoff that shutdown traffic on a busy highway in Massachusetts for more than eight hours. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Jamhal Tavon Sanders Latimer, center, reads an allocution to the judge while standing near defense attorney Daniel Thompson, left, during a sentencing hearing for Latimer and Steven Anthony Perez, below right, at Middlesex Superior Court, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Woburn, Mass. The two men were sentenced Tuesday for their role in a 2021 armed standoff that shutdown traffic on a busy highway in Massachusetts for more than eight hours. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Jamhal Tavon Sanders Latimer, center left, addresses the judge while standing near defense attorney Daniel Thompson, left, defense attorney Josina Raisler-Cohn, center right, and Steven Anthony Perez, right, during a sentencing hearing for Latimer and Perez at Middlesex Superior Court, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Woburn, Mass. The two men were sentenced for their role in a 2021 armed standoff that shut down traffic on a busy highway in Massachusetts for more than eight hours. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Jamhal Tavon Sanders Latimer, center left, addresses the judge while standing near defense attorney Daniel Thompson, left, defense attorney Josina Raisler-Cohn, center right, and Steven Anthony Perez, right, during a sentencing hearing for Latimer and Perez at Middlesex Superior Court, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Woburn, Mass. The two men were sentenced for their role in a 2021 armed standoff that shut down traffic on a busy highway in Massachusetts for more than eight hours. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Jamhal Tavon Sanders Latimer, right, speaks with defense attorney Daniel Thompson, left, during a sentencing hearing for Latimer and Steven Anthony Perez, not shown, at Middlesex Superior Court, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Woburn, Mass. The two men were sentenced Tuesday for their role in a 2021 armed standoff that shut down traffic on a busy highway in Massachusetts for more than eight hours. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Jamhal Tavon Sanders Latimer, right, speaks with defense attorney Daniel Thompson, left, during a sentencing hearing for Latimer and Steven Anthony Perez, not shown, at Middlesex Superior Court, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Woburn, Mass. The two men were sentenced Tuesday for their role in a 2021 armed standoff that shut down traffic on a busy highway in Massachusetts for more than eight hours. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)