- Oct 17, 2011
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A Tennessee man who was recently convicted of assaulting a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was found guilty in a separate case Wednesday for plotting to kill the law enforcement agents who investigated his role in the insurrection, the Justice Department said.
A federal jury convicted Edward Kelley, 35, of Maryville, Tennessee, of conspiring to murder federal employees, including FBI agents. Prosecutors said he created a “kill list” of the law enforcement staff who investigated him and had planned to attack an FBI office in Knoxville, Tennessee, with car bombs and incendiary devices.
[He faces up to life.]
Seven months after Kelley’s arrest for assaulting an officer [on Jan 6], the Justice Department said he and a co-conspirator, Austin Carter of Knoxville, were charged with conspiracy and retaliating against a federal official, among other offenses. Officials alleged that the pair discussed collecting information and plotting to kill law enforcement officials who had investigated Kelley. Carter pleaded guilty in the case in November 2023 but has not yet been sentenced.
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A federal jury convicted Edward Kelley, 35, of Maryville, Tennessee, of conspiring to murder federal employees, including FBI agents. Prosecutors said he created a “kill list” of the law enforcement staff who investigated him and had planned to attack an FBI office in Knoxville, Tennessee, with car bombs and incendiary devices.
[He faces up to life.]
Seven months after Kelley’s arrest for assaulting an officer [on Jan 6], the Justice Department said he and a co-conspirator, Austin Carter of Knoxville, were charged with conspiracy and retaliating against a federal official, among other offenses. Officials alleged that the pair discussed collecting information and plotting to kill law enforcement officials who had investigated Kelley. Carter pleaded guilty in the case in November 2023 but has not yet been sentenced.
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