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Joseph Hutchinson III
Status: Hutchinson is
charged with several crimes, including “assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers or employees.”
Description: In January 2024, FBI agents
arrested Hutchinson, along with Jonathan and Olivia Pollock (Nos. 19 and 20 below), after a prolonged manhunt. Olivia Pollock and Hutchinson were arrested in 2021, but disappeared in 2023 after
reportedly removing their ankle bracelet monitors. The Pollocks and Hutchinson were initially charged along with two other co-defendants, Joshua Doolin and Michael Perkins, both of whom were
found guilty of multiple charges last year.
According to the government’s
statement of facts, Hutchinson was wearing
paramilitary gear on Jan. 6, 2021. Hutchinson was allegedly “wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, a tan baseball cap, and a tan/camouflage
ballistic plate-carrier vest with a distinctive patch on the front.”
According to the Department of Justice’s
summary, Jonathan and Olivia Pollock confronted law enforcement officers on multiple occasions on Jan. 6. Just before 2 p.m., on the west side of the Capitol, Jonathan Pollock “and his younger brother, charged toward a line of police officers while brandishing flagpoles.” Jonathan Pollock allegedly yelled “Let’s go!” while attempting “to push through a metal barricade.” Hutchinson then
“grabbed the fence and pulled it back to provide rioters with unobstructed access to the line of police officers.” At that point, Jonathan Pollock allegedly “assaulted three police officers, pulling one down a set of steps, kneeing and punching another in the face, and punching and pushing a third by the neck.”
After the “metal barriers were overrun by rioters,” according to the DOJ’s
summary, the “crowd was now held back by a line of police officers with riot shields.” Hutchinson allegedly
“charged the line of police officers and began throwing punches.” Jonathan Pollock allegedly “seized a riot shield from an officer and engaged in a tug-of-war-style conflict before pulling the officer down the steps, breaking the officer’s grasp and taking the shield.” Jonathan Pollock “then held the riot shield in front of him, charged up the steps and slammed into the police line.” Perkins “picked up a flagpole and thrust it into the chest of a police officer,” and then “raised the flagpole over his head and appeared to strike an officer in the back of his head.”
“At approximately 2:11 p.m.,” according to the DOJ’s
summary, Jonathan Pollock “grappled with another officer and swung his arm to strike the officer while another rioter simultaneously swung at the officer with a flagpole.” Hutchinson “
kicked the line of police officers, and Jonathan Pollock seized a riot shield which he thrust into an officer’s throat and face before thrusting the shield towards another officer.” One minute later, “police officers began moving down the steps of the Capitol.” Hutchinson “stepped forward and
punched an officer who stumbled” and “then grabbed the jacket sleeve of another officer before throwing them out of his way.” Olivia Pollock, who was
following Hutchinson and “carrying a flagpole with an American flag,” allegedly “attempted to strip an officer of his baton.” Olivia Pollock was knocked back and then “raised her hands in a fighting posture, elbowed the officer in the chest and again tried to strip the baton from the officer.”
