Kaleb Dillard
Kaleb A. Dillard (born c. 1996) is a cheerleader and finance major at Samford University who has been indicted by a grand jury in the District of Columbia on federal charges of assault and disorderly conduct relating to his actions at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Dillard is the son of Keith and Barbara Dillard. He graduated from Briarwood Christian High School. He attended the Defense Information School in Fort Meade, Maryland and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps where he was assigned duty as a videographer and public affairs correspondent. He was promoted to the rank of sergeant in December 2018. In 2019 Dillard enrolled at Samford and joined the cheerleading squad in 2020.
Dillard was part of a crowd of insurrectionists who broke through a series of barriers and entered the Capitol building during a joint session of Congress to certify the electoral votes from the 2020 presidential election. He was seen at the east rotunda entrance, where he grabbed a U.S. Capitol Police officer from behind and threw him to the ground. He verbally berated another officer and shoved him in the chest. Once he was identified by acquaintances and witnesses, investigators from the Birmingham FBI Field Office obtained data from his cell phone records and social media that further implicated him.
Based on evidence presented to Magistrate Judge Robin Meriweather of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, a warrant for Bromley's arrest was issued on August 19, 2022. he was taken into custody in Columbiana on August 23.
References
- Robinson, Carol (August 23, 2022) "Alabama man charged with throwing Capitol police officer to the ground in Jan. 6 riots." The Birmingham News
External links
- [https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/press-release/file/1528226/download Kaleb Dillard complaint and