KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A Maryville man was convicted on three felony charges and eight misdemeanors Friday after he assaulted law enforcement and destroyed property during the Jan. 6 Insurrection.
Edward Kelley was found guilty of civil disorder, destroying government property worth more than $1,000 and assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers. He was also convicted on eight misdemeanor charges such as disorderly conduct in a restricted building and acting violently in the Capitol grounds and buildings.
His sentencing for those charges was set for April 7, 2025.
He was seen in images and video outside the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, throwing a United States Capitol Police officer to the ground with the help of two other men near a set of stairs. Video footage showed him then moving up the stairs and joining a crowd before being stopped by law enforcement.
He was filmed pushing and pulling on a metal barricade, eventually pushing past police and approaching the Capitol building.
He was then filmed smashing a window and entering the building. He was the fourth to enter the building through the window and then kicked open the Senate Wing Door. He then confronted another officer before winding his way through other parts of the Capitol including the Senate Gallery, the Ohio Clock Corridor, the Crypt and the Rotunda.
Prosecutors said he was in the building for around 40 minutes. He was arrested on May 5, 2022, in Tennessee. Prosecutors also said he was one of more than 590 people charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement during the Jan. 6 Insurrection.
Separately, he also faces charges in East Tennessee of plotting to kill agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation who were investigating the Jan. 6 Insurrection. The trial in that case was originally set for August 2024 but was postponed after the judge announced a letter had been delivered to the court that could be relevant, and attorneys needed time to review it.