WASHINGTON — A former Boston police K-9 officer who responded to the Boston Marathon bombing was sentenced Friday to 20 months in prison for attacking a Capitol police officer with a chair. January 6 riots.
Joseph Fisher After the court hearing in Plymouth, Massachusetts, he called his actions that day “disgusting”.
Fisher, 52, said he apologized to the officer he assaulted, the people of Washington and the country, saying his behavior was “out of the ordinary” and he should have known better.
“Would you do that in your town?” Fischer said he would ask people who were not from the Boston area where he was arrested, saying that his actions on January 6 were disrespectful to the city of Washington, that he was deeply ashamed of what he had done and that it tarnished his family’s reputation.
There were federal prosecutors searched for A 46-month sentence for Fisher, who claimed that he participated in the initial stages of the disruption of the Capitol and helped the rioter escape on January 6.
“After entering the Capitol building, Fischer made his way to the Orientation Lobby of the Capitol Visitor Center. At that time, another rioter sprayed a Capitol Police officer with a chemical irritant. The officer chased the rioter down the hall to apprehend him,” federal prosecutors wrote.
“Fisher grabbed a chair, watched the rioter and the officer approach his position and waited and slammed the chair into the officer. Fisher then grabbed and pushed the officer as another rioter pushed the officer from behind. The fight ended when Fisher pushed the officer to the ground and the other rioter successfully fled,” – he added.
It was Fisher was arrested In March 2023 and he admitted his guilt to all the calculations he faced in February.
Fisher said Friday that he plans to continue mental health counseling after his release, in addition to spending time with his family.
Fisher identified online “mischief huntersHelping arrest hundreds of Capitol rioters. Dzhokhar TsarnaevOne of the brothers who detonated two pressure cooker bombs at the 2013 Boston Marathon.
Fisher’s trial came as a judge in the same federal court sentenced a man in New Jersey. 12 years in federal prison for assaulting officers while wearing a “MAKE AMERICA STRONG AGAIN” shirt. Earlier in the day, a Florida man sleuthed the web and posted “Sedition PandaHe was convicted of all charges, including assault on an officer, because of the panda costume he wore during the storming of the Capitol.