JOSHUA ATWOOD

A Pennsylvania man pardoned for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2023, U.S. Capitol riot, has found himself back behind bars.

Joshua Atwood, of Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, self-reported Wednesday to Northern Regional Jail, where he will serve six months as part of a May plea deal for stabbing a Chester restaurant owner in 2024.

The six months isn’t the entirety of his incarceration, as he is scheduled to reappear in court for consideration to credit of his time spent in federal custody as well.

The charges against Atwood originally had been malicious wounding and armed robbery.

Ultimately after some resistance, Atwood agreed to enter a guilty plea during a May court hearing before Hancock County Circuit Court Judge Joe Barki to unlawful assault, a lesser felony charge. Prosecutors agreed to dismiss the armed robbery charge as a result.

The victim was in court for the May hearing.

Barki sentenced Atwood to between one and five years behind bars with the status hearing scheduled after six months to examine his credit request.

“At that time, (Barki) will decide whether to award him credit for the time he was in federal custody over the January 6 stuff,” Chester Police Chief Chuck Stanley explained.

A specific number of days’ credit was not publicly shared.

Adjudication of the Hancock County criminal case had been delayed, as Atwood was identified from his mugshot by a scar as “Lead Pipe Guy” after the Chester crime was committed.

A Hancock County grand jury had indicted Atwood but hadn’t gotten to arraign him in Circuit Court before federal authorities arrested him on the riot charges.

Hancock County continued his bond, waiting for his eventual release, which came early with President Donald Trump’s pardon.