Peter Francis Stager

Peter Francis Stager (born 1979 (age 44)) is an American truck driver and convicted criminal who attacked a police officer with a flagpole during the January 6 United States Capitol attacks.

Biography
Peter Francis Stager is a truck driver from Conway, Arkansas who was born in 1979 (age 44).

While participating in the January 6 United States Capitol attacks he assaulted a Metropolitan Police Department officer with a flagpole, striking him three times. Video footage from the day captured Stager stating that "death is the only remedy" for politicians in the Capitol building.

On January 12, an informant provided his name to the FBI. After voluntarily surrendering to police, Stager was arrested on January 14, 2021, and held in Pulaski County Detention Center and the D. C. jail He was indicted by a grand jury, and his trial was initially delayed.

Stager pleaded guilty to "assaulting, resisting, or impeding a police officer using a deadly or dangerous weapon" on February 16, 2023. On July 24, 2023, he was sentenced to four years and four months in prison by judge Rudolph Contreras.