(Photo: In this image from US Capitol Police video, released and annotated by the Justice Department in the Statement of Facts supporting an arrest warrant, Joseph Robert Fisher appears inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. By Abby Patkin)
Former Boston cop pleads guilty to Jan. 6 charges
Joseph Robert Fisher’s hat — adorned with several Boston sports teams' logos — reportedly helped investigators identify him in photos and video
Jan. 6, 2021. February 2, 2024 , Boston.com
A former Boston police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to entering the U.S. Capitol and assaulting an officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, federal prosecutors said.
Fisher is scheduled for sentencing on May 24, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia said in a press release.
He joined the Boston Police Department in 1994 and retired on Dec. 14, 2016, The Boston Globe previously reported. Fisher spent his last several months on the force assigned to the “Medically Incapacitated Section,” according to the Globe.
Court documents indicate that Fisher stormed the Capitol with a mob of Donald Trump’s supporters as Congress was certifying President Joe Biden’s electoral victory.
Fisher was in the Capitol Visitor Center’s Orientation Lobby around 2:38 p.m. when a fight broke out between a U.S. Capitol police officer and other rioters.
“As a U.S. Capitol Police Officer pursued a rioter who had deployed pepper spray, Fisher pushed a chair into the Capitol Police Officer,” the DC U.S. Attorney’s Office said in March. Fisher then physically fought with the officer before leaving the Capitol.
According to court documents, Fisher’s hat — adorned with several Boston sports teams’ logos — helped investigators identify him in photos and video.
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