Former DC police charged with overtime fraud are honored on Congress’s Jan. 6 plaque

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Two former Washington, D.C., police officers facing charges in an overtime fraud scheme are featured on a local exhibit commemorating their response to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

A D.C. judge issued arrest warrants for former Metropolitan Police Department Lieutenant Peter Sheldon, former Sergeant Frantz Fulcher, and four others for allegedly pocketing tens of thousands of dollars in false overtime hours, officials announced Tuesday. Lawmakers included Sheldon and Fulcher’s names among hundreds in a QR code link on the wall next to a Jan. 6 plaque installed in the Capitol building in March.

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