scott mcfar lan was lane was in courtroom tonight. >> reporter: the judge compared this federal police officer to walter white, the character from "breaking bad" then he had to face the music. >> reporter: anything you want to say about the decision the judge handed down. >> reporter: christopher bartley sad nothing to say outside the courtroom but in the courtroom said he was scared and ashamed. prosecutors sparred for 12 hours today before the judge finally ruled. they were arguing over evidence including these photos from inside the lab where bartley tried to make the midwest. on the huge campus of the commerce department's nist headquarters. they said not only did bartley break the law and plead guilty to a felony, they say he tried to cover it up and lied to firefighters. >> lied to his own colleagues in the police department and exposed everybody to dangers of a meth lab. >> reporter: he said it was a training exercise. the judge listened and said that excuse is preposterous. >> only two possible options. one seeking to try it for the first time or it was a legitimate training pr