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☷Tennessee Man Arrested for Assaulting Law Enforcement Officer During January Sixth Capitol Breach
Federal Bureau of Investigation ( By Press Release office)
May 05,2022
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Tennessee Man Arrested for Assaulting Law Enforcement Officer During Jan . 6 Capitol Breach Defendant Accused of Fighting With Officer , Breaking Window WASHINGTON — A Tennessee man was arrested today for assaulting a law enforcement officer and breaking a window and damaging a door during the breach of the U . S . Capitol on Jan . 6 , 2021 . His and others’ actions disrupted a joint session of the U . S . Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election . Edward Kelley , 33 , of Maryville , Tennessee , is charged in a criminal complaint filed in the District of Columbia with assaulting , resisting , or impeding officers , civil disorder , destruction of government property , and related offenses . He was arrested in Knoxville and is to make his initial appearance today in the Eastern District of Tennessee . According to court documents , on Jan . 6 , Kelley was among a crowd of rioters illegally gathered at the Capitol Building . He was wearing a gas mask and green tactical helmet and had a backpack secured across his chest . Kelley moved to the scaffolding over the stairs of the West Front of the Capitol Building , where he and two other men got into an altercation with a Capitol Police officer . Kelley also pushed and pulled on a metal barricade as he made his way to the outside of the Senate Wing Door . He then used a piece of wood to breach the window adjacent to the Senate Wing Door . He was the fourth rioter to enter the building through the window . After entering through the breached window , Kelley moved to the still closed Senate Wing Door and kicked it open , which allowed other rioters to enter . As he moved through the building , Kelley changed from the gas mask into a red , white , and blue medical mask , eventually entering the Rotunda . Kelley left the building approximately 40 minutes after he first broke in . This case is being prosecuted by the U . S . Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the Department of Justice National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section . Valuable assistance was provided by the U . S . Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee . The case is being investigated by the FBI’s Knoxville Field Office . Valuable assistance was provided by the FBI’s Washington Field Office , the Metropolitan Police Department , and the U . S . Capitol Police . In the 15 months since Jan . 6 , 2021 , nearly 800 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 . Anyone with tips can call 1 - 800 - CALL - FBI ( 800 - 225 - 5324 ) or visit tips . fbi . gov . An indictment or complaint is merely an allegation , and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law .
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