
A federal judge has handed a two-month prison sentence to a retired longtime Chicago firefighter who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by trying to push aside police officers protecting an area known as the Tunnel.
Joseph Pavlik, 66, of Chicago was arrested in January, and he pleaded guilty in August to civil disorder. Federal prosecutors have tied him to a militia group known as the Guardians of Freedom, which they say was founded by Pavlik’s nephew and is “loosely affiliated” with the Three Percenters.