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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Tennessee man and his mother were convicted on Tuesday of charges that they stormed the Capitol, where they brought plastic zip-tie handcuffs into the Senate gallery as a mob attacked the building, court records show. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth convicted Eric Munchel and his mother, Lisa Eisenhart, on all 10 […]

Court documents say Ronnie Presley of Sumner County pleaded guilty to charges of obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder, obstruction of justice and disorderly conduct impeding official business stemming from his involvement in the attack on the Capitol building while Congress was working to certify the vote count of the Electoral College of the 2020 Presidential Election.

A 66-year-old Knoxville man is the latest Tennessean charged in the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. A total of 15 Tennesseans have either pleaded guilty or face multiple charges ranging from civil disorder to assaulting officers and obstruction.

A 56-year-old man from Cookeville has been arrested more than three months after his alleged involvement in the U.S. Capitol riots.

A federal judge has authorized the release of a Georgia woman and her Tennessee son on charges for their involvement in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

A Washington, D.C., judge has ordered that a Georgia woman and her Tennessee son remain jailed pending trial on charges for their involvement in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked the release of a Tennessee man who authorities say carried flexible plastic handcuffs during the riot at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. The judge in Washington, D.C., on Sunday set aside a lower court’s order concerning the release of Eric Munchel of Nashville pending a […]

A second tactical vest was found inside the home. According to the U.S. Attorney, the vest appeared “similar, if not identical,” to the vest Lisa Eisenhart, Munchel’s mother, appeared to be wearing at the Capitol riots.

Another Tennessee resident has been arrested for his alleged role in the deadly riots at the U.S. Capitol.

What we know about the about people arrested after photos, video showed them at the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot.

A Memphis man was arrested in connection to the U.S. Capitol riot last week.