Most Tennesseans arrested in the Capitol riot are still awaiting sentencing. Here’s who’s been charged.

Thursday marks one-year since a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election. The January 6 insurrection included at least 19 Tennesseans. Most of those are still awaiting sentencing. 

Out of the 19 charged, fewer than five have actually been sentenced. Jack Griffith of Nashville is one of them. He pled guilty to a misdemeanor for parading in the Capitol building. He was sentenced to three years of probation with 90 days of house arrest.

His attorney, Heather Shaner, is based in D.C. and represented several others charged in the Capitol riots.  

“I’ll tell you Jack Griffith hasn’t changed one bit. He didn’t read a single book. He’s a lovely boy; I really like him,” Shaner said. “I don’t think that he’s learned anything politically from doing this except that you should not publish stuff on Facebook.”

She says Griffith’s sentence is the same deal that most of her clients got who did not incite violence or destroy property.  

Shaner says, while some of her clients still believe the false premise that the 2020 election was stolen, many regret participating in the insurrection.

“I have other clients who have reviewed history, read Thomas Paine, and looked at the United States Constitution and read some historical fiction, and it has opened their eyes and opened their hearts,” Shaner said. “And they would never come back to the Capitol and do that again. But they would vote for Trump in 2024.”

Shaner says many of her clients come from rural parts of the country and get their news primarily from right-leaning sources.  

“They did not share what I would consider to be mainstream, factual beliefs about the election,” Shaner said. “And before Jan. 6, they did believe that they were doing something patriotic because they were led to believe the election was stolen.”

She says of the more than 700 charged, only about six have pled guilty to felony charges. One Tennessean who faces federal charges is Joshua Portlock, located in Smyrna. He was seen wearing a beanie with an emblem associated with the Proud Boys on it. The group is known for embracing white nationalism and has been named a terrorist group in Canada.

Below are the Tennesseans arrested in conjunction with the Jan. 6 insurrection. Click their names for more information from their case documents.

Jack Jesse Griffith (aka Juan Bibiano)

FBI Justice.gov

This image from an FBI charging document shows Jack Jesse Griffith, 25, of Gallatin, inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. He was arrested Saturday on federal charges.

• Location: Nashville, TN
• Charges: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
• Status: Sentenced to 36 months probation and 90 days of home confinement; $500 restitution.

Torrens, Eric Chase

• Location: Gallatin, TN
• Charges: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
• Status: Sentenced to 36 months probation with 90 days of home confinement; $500 restitution.

Munchel, Eric Gavelek

Courtesy FBI

Eric Munchel of Nashville was tracked through social media images and arrested Sunday for invading the U.S. Capitol.

• Location: Nashville, TN
• Charges: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Conspiracy to Commit Obstruction; Restricted Building or Grounds; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Violent Entry or Disorderly Conduct; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon and Aiding and Abetting; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon and Aiding and Abetting; Unlawful Possession of a Dangerous Weapon on Capitol Grounds or Buildings and Aiding and Abetting; Entering and Remaining in the Gallery of Congress; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
• Status: Pending

Eisenhart, Lisa

• Location: Nashville, TN
• Charges: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Restricted Building or Grounds; Violent Entry or Disorderly Conduct; Aiding and Abetting
• Status: Pending

Baggot, Matthew

• Location: Murfreesboro, TN
• Charges: Entering or Remaining in Restricted Building or Grounds Without Lawful Authority; Disorderly or Disruptive Conduct in Restricted Building or Grounds/Impeding Official Business; Violent Entry or Disorderly Conduct on Capitol Grounds
• Status: Pending

Bledsoe, Matthew

• Location: Memphis, TN
• Charges: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
• Status: Pending

Brockhoff, Nicholas James

• Location: Counce, TN
• Charges: Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding certain officers or employed in the performance of the duties; Use of a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Obstruction of Law Enforcement during Civil Disorder; Knowingly Entering or Remaining in any Restricted Building or Grounds without Lawful Authority; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Knowingly Engages in Act of Physical Violence in the Grounds or any of the Capitol Buildings; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
• Status: Pending

Cunningham, Christopher Michael

• Location: Nashville, TN
• Charges: Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building; Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
• Status: Pending

Connor, Francis

• Location: Old Hickory, TN
• Charges: Entering or Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restrictive Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating or Picketing in a Capitol Building
• Status: Pending

Head, Albuquerque Cosper

• Location: Johnson City, TN
• Charges: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Civil Disorder; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Impeding Ingress and Egress in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Impeding Passage Through the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Acts of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings
• Status: Pending

Ivey, Bryan Wayne

• Location: Cookeville, TN
• Charges: Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
• Status: Pending

McAbee, Ronald Colton

• Location: Nashville, TN
• Charges: Assaulting, Resisting or Impeding Certain Officers Inflicting Bodily Injury and Aiding and Abetting; Assaulting Resisting or Impeding Certain Officers; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon
• Status: Pending

Meteer, Clifford James

• Location: Knoxville, TN
• Charges: Knowingly Entering or Remaining in any Restricted Building or Grounds Without Lawful Authority; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building; Entering and Remaining on the Floor of Congress; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
• Status: Pending

Parks, Stewart

• Location: Columbia, TN
• Charges: Entering or Remaining in Restricted Building or Grounds Without Lawful Authority; Disorderly or Disruptive Conduct in Restricted Building or Grounds / Impeding Official Business; Violent Entry or Disorderly Conduct on Capitol Grounds; Theft of Government Property
• Status: Pending 

Portlock, Joshua

• Location: Smyrna, TN
• Charges: Assaulting, Resisting or Impeding Certain Officers; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings
• Status: Pending

Presley, Ronnie Bryan

• Location: Nashville, TN
• Charges: Civil Disorder; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Impeding Passage Through the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
• Status: Pending

Reed, Blake A.

• Location: Nashville, TN
• Charges: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
• Status: Pending

Roche, Michael Lee

• Location: Murfreesboro, TN
• Charges: Knowingly Entering or Remaining in any Restricted Building or Grounds Without Lawful Authority; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Entering and Remaining on the Floor of Congress; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
• Status: Pending

Timbrook, Michael

• Location: Cookeville, TN
• Charges: Knowingly Entering or Remaining in any Restricted Building or Grounds Without Lawful Authority; Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct on Capitol Grounds
• Status: Pending