Boston Officer Who Tracked Marathon Bombers Gets 20 Months for J6 Actions

Published on May 27, 2024

A former Boston police officer who assisted victims in the deadly 2013 Boston Marathon bombing carried out by two Islamic militants and helped track the bombers, has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for his actions in the Jan. 6, 2021 (J6) U.S. Capitol riot. Joseph Robert Fisher, 52, who retired as a decorated police officer after serving 20 years with the Boston Police Department, was sentenced to 20 months in prison, 24 months of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution by U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss. Federal prosecutors had asked for a 3½-year sentence in the case. Mr. Fisher pled guilty on Feb. 1, 2024, to two felony charges of civil disorder and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers. He was sentenced on May 24 on charges of breaching the Capitol and also for assaulting a Capitol police officer with a chair....

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