WASHINGTON D.C. (WWLP) – A former Boston police officer pleaded guilty on Thursday to assaulting a law enforcement officer during the U.S. Capitol breach on January 6, 2021.
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According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, 52-year-old Joseph Fisher of Plymouth pleaded guilty to several charges, including the following:
- Eight counts of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers
- Obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder
- Entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds
- Disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds
- Engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds
- Disorderly conduct in a Capitol building
- Acts of physical violence the Capitol grounds or building
- Parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building
Court documents revealed Fisher entered the U.S. Capitol around 2:24 p.m. on January 6, 2021 through the Senate Wing Door on the North side. Around 2:38 p.m., Fisher was in the Capitol Visitor Center’s orientation lobby when an altercation occurred between a U.S. Capitol police officer and other rioters. While the officer was attempting to pursue a rioter who had used pepper spray in the building, Fisher pushed a chair into the officer and began a physical altercation with them. Fisher then exited the building.