Doctor Arrested for Punching Officer on Jan. 6

• A Massachusetts doctor was arrested this week and charged in connection with the January 6 Capitol Riot.
• Prosecutors allege JacquelynStarer punched an officer in the head inside the Capitol.
• At least 964 people have been arrestedIn connection to the attack thus far. 

A Massachusetts doctor was accused of punching a officer in the head during the January 6, 2020, Capitol riot. He was arrested and charged Tuesday.

Dr. Jacquelyn Starer, 68 charged with several countsIn relation to the insurrection: Two felony counts of assaulting or resisting police officers or impeding them. 

Starer’s Tuesday arrest occurred two days before the January 6, congressional committee released its report. final, 845-page reportThe Capitol riot and the role of former President Donald Trump in it are described.

According to court documents,Starer is a physician in Ashland, Massachusetts.

Prosecutors state that Starer entered Capitol just 10 minutes after a mob containing Trump supporters broke into the building on the same day. Open-source video and photos from the siege show Starer approaching Metropolitan Police Department officers inside Capitol. He then made physical contact with one.

Investigators say Starer then punched an officer on the left side. Prosecutors later learned that Starer attacked the officer with a red jacketed and hat. The officer, who was not identified, said that the blonde woman attacked her twice before she struck her in the back.

Surveillance footage and photos show Starer wearing red clothing and a Trump cap while at the Capitol in January 6. According to court documents, the officer later identified Starer as her attacker in photos. 

An anonymous tipper contacted the FBI days after the attack, telling investigators that they knew Starer planned to attend the march at the Capitol. Prosecutors said that the tipster was not a person known to FBI. According to court documents, the tipter claimed Starer had boasted to a mutual acquaintance that she was prepared for the event with a mesh-knife-proof shirt and pepper spray. 

To confirm Starer’s presence near DC on January 6, 2021, investigators used surveillance phones and video as well as hotel records and phone numbers. 

Starer is accused to have punched a policeman. Court documents show that Starer was apparently affected by chemical irritants that authorities used in an effort to quell the mob. Starer received first aid assistance for her eyes, and face during the riot.

As of Friday, there was no lawyer listed for the doctor in federal court records. Insider did not receive a response from Starer’s email address regarding a request for comment. 

At least 964 people have been arrestedMore than 460 people pleaded guilty in connection to the attack.