A former Boston police officer has pleaded guilty to charges in connection with his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol .
Joseph Fisher, 52, of Plymouth, was arrested in December on felony charges, including assaulting a law enforcement officer during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. His sentencing is scheduled for May 24.
Fisher is charged with the felony offenses of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers, and obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder.
According to FBI Boston, on Jan. 6, 2021, at approximately 2:24 p.m. Fisher entered the U.S. Capitol Building through the Senate Wing Door on the North side of the Capitol.
At approximately 2:38 p.m., Fisher was in the Capitol Visitor Center’s Orientation Lobby where an altercation began between a U.S. Capitol Police Officer and other rioters. A U.S. Capitol Police Officer pursued a rioter who had deployed pepper spray, Fisher pushed a chair into the officer and then left the building.