Jacquelyn Starer, Ashland doctor, arrested and charged in Jan. 6 Capitol attack

Source: WBZ-TV/CBS Boston

Jacquelyn Starer, Ashland doctor, arrested and charged in Jan. 6 Capitol attack

BY CBSBOSTON.COM STAFF
UPDATED ON: DECEMBER 20, 2022 / 12:10 PM / CBS BOSTON

ASHLAND - A doctor from Ashland was arrested Tuesday and is facing charges in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to newly released court documents. Jacquelyn Starer, 68, is captured on body camera footage striking a police officer, a criminal complaint alleges.

Starer "is a practicing physician licensed to practice medicine in Massachusetts," according to the complaint made by an FBI special agent. WBZ-TV confirmed she once practiced at the Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain but is no longer active there.

The complaint says Starer was seen at the "Stop The Steal" rally and inside the Capitol wearing red clothing, including a hat that has "TRUMP" on it and the number 45.

Footage shows Starer making contact with a Metropolitan Police Department officer just before 3 p.m. on the west side of the Capitol Rotunda and then striking the officer, the complaint states. The officer said in a later interview that "a blonde woman wearing a red jacket and hat punched her in the left side of her head," according to the complaint.

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