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

The retired lawman, who had breached the Capitol and rammed a Capitol police officer with a chair, apologized, saying he was ‘deeply ashamed.’

Supporters of Jan. 6 defendants including Micki Witthoeft, the mother of slain Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt, stand outside of the Supreme Court building in Washington on April 16, 2024. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images

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.