A Massachusetts pleaded guilty to assaulting a law enforcement officer on the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol. Troy Sargent, 38, pleaded guilty in the District of Columbia to all six counts of an indictment, including felony charges of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers and civil disorder, as well as four related misdemeanor offenses, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced.Sargent was arrested in March 2021, in Pittsfield. According to a case document provided by the FBI, agents received numerous tips about Sargent's presence at the riot. Two of those tips included a selfie of Sargent in front of a line of police in riot gear. During the investigation, the FBI said it discovered footage showing Sargent on a body camera from an officer with the Metropolitan Police Department. One segment of the video shows him taking a selfie in front of the officers, consistent with the image included in some of the tips.The U.S. Attorney's Office said that at approximately 2:30 p.m., Sargent stepped forward from the crowd and swung his open hand toward a U.S. Capitol police officer, making contact with the officer. Immediately, another officer instructed Sargent and others, “Do not start attacking people.” Soon after, at approximately 2:31 p.m., the Attorney's Office said that Sargent again advanced toward the front of the crowd and swung his open hand toward the same officer. This time, he made contact with someone else in the crowd. The Attorney's Office said that in this second incident, Sargent intended to make contact with the same officer.In a social media message later, he wrote to another person: “I got two hits in on the same rookie cop.”The U.S Attorney's Office said Sargent faces a statutory maximum of eight years in prison on the charge of assaulting, resisting or impeding officers and up to five years in prison in prison on the civil disorder charge.Additionally, he faces a total of 3 ½ years in prison on the four misdemeanors. The charges also carry potential financial penalties. The U.S. Attorney's Office said a federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.Sargent will be sentenced on Oct. 3.According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, in the 17 months since Jan. 6, 2021, more than 840 individuals have been arrested in nearly all 50 states for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol, including over 250 individuals charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement. The investigation remains ongoing.