Kyle Fitzsimons, a Maine resident who was present at Capitol Hill insurrection during the January 6, 2021 has been convicted of 10 charges that were brought up against him.

US District Judge Rudolph Contreras gave his verdict on Tuesday morning in a Washington D.C. courtroom. A judge and not a jury was presiding over the case which was heard over a week-long trial last month. 

The 39-year-old has been held in custody ever since he was arrested from his home in Lebanon, Maine a year and a half ago. 

Judge Contreras found Fitzsimons guilty of six felonies, including civil disorder and obstructing an official proceeding as well as four counts of assaulting and injuring police officers who were trying to hold back the rioters at Capitol Hill.

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Who is Kyle Fitzsimons?

Kyle Fitzsimons a 39-year-old resident of Lebanon, Maine is one of the five men from the state who have been charged for their role in the January 6 Capitol Hill riots in 2021. They are amongst almost 900 defendants who are being charged by the Department of Justice. 

The father of a young child, Fitzsimons waived his right to trial by jury. During his trial last month, three police officers testified with one telling Judge Contreras that the former butcher had pulled his shoulder so hard he required surgery. Another police officer said that Fitzsimons pulled off his gas mask as another rioter tried to spray bear spray in his face. 

Similarly, two of the three officers said that Fitzsimons was wearing a white butcher coat which made him easier to identify and recognize amongst the hundreds of people that were present that day. 

So far, he is one of 18 January 6 defendants who have been found guilty via a trial. Meanwhile, of the nearly 900 people who have been charged, 380 of them have pled guilty.