WCVB
Vincent Gillespie, 61, of Athol, was found guilty during a trial in December of assaulting, resisting or impeding officers, civil disorder, engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds and an act of physical violence in the Capitol grounds or buildings.
In September 2021, the FBI Boston Division distributed photos of a man wearing a sweatshirt with the logo of a health club in Pittsfield. At the time, agents were asking for help identifying the man.
Gillespie was arrested on Feb. 18, 2022, in Athol.
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In addition to the 68 months in prison, Gillespie was also ordered to pay a fine of $25,000, pay restitution of $2,000, and serve 36 months of supervised release.
There was a mad scramble in his home town of Athol, Massachusetts to see which neighbor could turn him in first…
Statement of Facts
FBI Boston sought the public’s assistance through a media campaign and received multiple tips from the public identifying GILLESPIE. Tips included that an individual wearing a sweatshirt with the Berkshire Nautilus (a Pittsfield, MA fitness club) logo was involved in the riot. Other tips included Witness 1, a former neighbor of GILLESPIE; Witness 2, who works at an American Automobile Association (“AAA”) location in MA and recognized GILLESPIE from visits to AAA; Witnesses 3, 4, and 5 are employees of the Town of Athol, where GILLESPIE resides and frequently attends meetings and pays his tax bills at the Town Hall; and Witness 6, the manager of a local hardware store GILLESPIE visits.
The dumbass was convicted at trial back in December...
Department of Justice
A Massachusetts man was found guilty today (12/23/2022) of felony and misdemeanor charges for assaulting law enforcement during the January 6, 2021, Capitol breach. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
Vincent J. Gillespie, 61, of Athol, Massachusetts, was found guilty after a trial in U.S. District Court of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers; civil disorder; engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds; and act of physical violence in the Capitol grounds or buildings. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell scheduled sentencing for March 17, 2023.
Gillespie was arrested on February 18, 2022, in Athol, Massachusetts.
The evidence at trial showed that on January 6, 2021, from approximately 4:11 p.m. to 4:26 p.m., Gillespie was among rioters in the Lower West Terrace of the Capitol who engaged in pushing, shoving, yelling, and fighting with law enforcement officers. He struggled his way through the crowd, eventually maneuvering through the rioters to the line of police officers defending the Lower West Terrace’s exterior door. At one point, he gained control of a police shield and used it to ram the police. He then used two hands to grab a Metropolitan Police Department sergeant by the arm, yanking him toward the mob. He then screamed “traitor” and “treason” at the police.
Gillespie has been living on the inheritance of his famous father for over twenty years...
The Daily Mail
Vincent Gillespie is the son of renowned postwar American artist Gregory Gillespie, whose self-portraits, fantasy landscapes and geometric abstractions.
His paintings are included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and other museums.
He was found dead in an apparent suicide in his apartment in Belchertown, Mass., in 2000.
Not much is known about Gillespie's relationship with his son, though The Art Newspaper suggested that while he had a degree in engineering, Vincent largely lived off his inheritance.
Mass Live
Ever hear the one about the guy who took a parking ticket all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court?
Probably never happened, but Vincent Gillespie has come close.
How close?
Try the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. When that didn't work, Gillespie brought his parking ticket case to the state Legislature, which crafted a bill that didn't quite make it to the House floor by the end of its session this week.
Vincent also has “interesting theories about the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001” and “the world's hidden power structure.” Unfortunately the link to his batshit website no longer works.
CBS Boston
The Justice Department on Friday announced the arrest of an Athol man in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol riot. Sixty-year-old Vincent J. Gillespie is charged with assaulting law enforcement and accused of using a police shield “to ram into officers.”
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Prosecutors said Gillespie was wearing a sweatshirt with the logo of a Pittsfield fitness club. They said six witnesses, including a former neighbor and town employees of Athol, where Gillespie “frequently attends meetings,” positively identified Gillespie in surveillance images.
FBI Boston said this is the 14th arrest they’ve made in the area in connection with the riot, which occurred during the counting of electoral votes. More than 750 have been arrested on charges related to breaching the Capitol, including at least 235 accused of assaulting or impeding police.
I can’t seem to find out if he ever squealed on his roommate...
Telegram & Gazette
Appearing via Zoom from a courthouse holding area, a yellow surgical mask hugging his chin, Gillespie was indecisive about whether he would like to proceed in Worcester or go to Washington, D.C., for the next step of the legal process.
Informed that he could attend upcoming hearings via Zoom, he remarked he would need to procure a new computer, saying, "They’ve taken my laptop."
Defense lawyer Timothy G. Watkins, who was appointed for the purposes of Friday's hearing, told Hennessy it appears Gillespie did not qualify for a court-appointed lawyer — a consideration that is based on income.
At one point during the hearing, Hennessy ordered Gillespie to provide the U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services office information about his roommate after an officer said Gillespie had been reluctant to do so.
The FBI continues to seek the public’s assistance in identifying individuals who participated in unlawful conduct during the Capitol Insurrection. New images are added frequently...
If you have information about individuals who participated in the largest assault on police officers in U.S. history at the Capitol Riot on January 6th, call 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or leave a tip online at the FBI’s website.
If you just can’t get enough information about the terrorists who tried to usurp our democracy, then these links are for you…
Department of Justice Capitol Breach Cases
FBI US Capitol Violence Most Wanted
Insider Searchable Table
George Washington University Spreadsheet — Updated Daily
NPR — Updated Database
seditiontracker.com
ProPublica Capitol Riot videos lifted from Parler
KUMU — Capitol Riot Insurrectionist Networks
Just Security — January 6th Clearinghouse
The Trace — Capitol Riot Gun Arrests
USA Today January 6 Capitol Riot Arrests
Sedition Hunters - Sedition Insiders Photo Gallery
Politico January 6 Insurrection Sentencing Tracker