OLD HICKORY, Tenn. (WTVF) — FBI agents arrested a man from Bethpage, Tennessee on charges relating to the January 6 U.S. Capitol riot on Friday night.
The Office of the U.S. Attorney, Middle District of Tennessee, identified the man as 42-year-old Ronnie B. Presley, who was arrested in Old Hickory. He's facing charges of obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder, obstruction of justice/Congress, knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, disorderly conduct/impending official business, violence in a restricted building/on restricted grounds and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.
BREAKING: Capitol Riot Arrest-Ronnie B. Presley, 42, of Bethpage, TN was arrested in Old Hickory, Tennessee, by FBI Agents on Friday evening on charges related to the U.S. Capitol riots on January 6, 2021, according to US Attorney’s Office pic.twitter.com/p5UGISdf1B
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Presley appeared before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Nashville on Monday. He will remain in custody pending a preliminary and detention hearing scheduled for Friday morning.
At least nine Tennesseans have been arrested on charges relating to the riot.
