Photo: Courtesy of U.S. Attorney for the District of Colombia
BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — The FBI arrested a former Boston Police officer for their involvement in the January 6. capitol riots on Thursday.
Boston Police officer Joseph R. Fisher, 52, has been charged with assaulting a law enforcement officer during the breach of the U.S capitol on January 6, 2021. The FBI Boston took Fisher into custody at his Plymouth home on Thursday.
On January 6, about 15 minutes after Fisher entered the U.S. Capitol Building an altercation broke out between a U.S Capitol Police Officer and other rioters.
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"As a U.S. Capitol Police Officer pursued a rioter who had deployed pepper spray, Fisher pushed a chair into the Capitol Police Officer. Fisher then engaged in a physical altercation with the Capitol Police Officer. Shortly afterwards, Fisher exited the U.S. Capitol Building," Matthew Graves, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, said in a statement.
The FBI Boston has arrested 22 individuals in the Boston area in connection to the capitol riot. Since January 6, more than 1,000 people have been arrested for crimes related to the attack on the U.S. Capitol and more than 320 have been charged with assaulting law enforcement.
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