Mississippi resident, Memphis businessman Matthew Bledsoe convicted of 5 charges related to Jan. 6 Capitol riots

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Tennessee enterprise proprietor who scaled a wall outdoors the U.S. Capitol has been convicted of 5 prices related to the raid on Jan. 6, 2021.

Matthew Bledsoe, 38, of Olive Department, Mississippi, was discovered responsible Thursday of 1 felony — obstruction of an official continuing — and 4 misdemeanors associated to the Capitol breach, the Justice Division mentioned in an announcement.

Federal prosecutors mentioned Bledsoe was one in every of scores of people that pressured their method into the Capitol as Congress met to certify President Joe Biden’s victory. They mentioned he illegally entered the Capitol grounds and scaled a wall to achieve a hearth door on the Senate facet of the constructing.

Bledsoe is listed in data as a principal of a Memphis, Tennessee transferring firm and authorities mentioned he lived in close by Cordova when he was arrested.

Bledsoe faces as much as 20 years in jail on the felony depend and as much as three years on the misdemeanors at his sentencing on Oct. 21. Greater than 850 folks have been charged with crimes associated to the assault on Jan. 6, 2021.

This text initially appeared on Mississippi Clarion Ledger: MS resident Matthew Bledsoe convicted of prices associated to Jan. 6 Capitol riots